undershoot
pronunciation
How to pronounce undershoot in British English:
UK [ˌʌndəˈʃu:t]
How to pronounce undershoot in American English:
US [ˌʌndərˈʃut]
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- Verb:
- fall short of (the runway) in a landing
- shoot short of or below (a target)
Word Origin
- undershoot (v.)
- 1660s, "to shoot too low," from under + shoot (v.). In reference to aircraft or pilots, recorded from 1918. Undershot as a type of water wheel is recorded from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Loan quotas , meanwhile , imply that credit growth will undershoot 2007 but was still robust .
- 2. Such action , if effective , would also slow the economy and might cause inflation to undershoot its target .
- 3. If that turns out to be too optimistic then growth , and trade , could undershoot its forecasts .
- 4. It was the first time that an act of crisis resolution in the eurozone did not undershoot expectations .
- 5. Inflation is very likely to undershoot official inflation targets for some time to come .