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undershoot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti? Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.? Proto-Germanic *skeutaną Proto-West Germanic *skeutan Old English sċēotan Middle English schoten English shoot English undershoot From under- + shoot.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The situation where a neuron's membrane potential falls below the normal resting potential.
2. (countable, uncountable) An instance of undershooting.
   • In this model, a fiscal or saving shock in one country leads to an overshoot of the real exchange rate between the two countries and of the real interest rate in the other country, and an undershoot of the real interest rate in the first country. 1994, Peter B. Kenen, Francesco Papadia, Fabrizio Saccomanni, The International Monetary System, →ISBN, page 109:

Forms

undershoot en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti? Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.? Proto-Germanic *skeutaną Proto-West Germanic *skeutan Old English sċēotan Middle English schoten English shoot English undershoot From under- + shoot.

Meanings

1. To shoot not far enough or not well enough.
2. To fail to go far enough when trying to reach a goal.
3. (broadly) To underestimate.
   • Just weeks ago, however, America’s top epidemiologists badly undershot how quickly COVID-19 would spread. 2020, Brendan Kirby, Experts made coronavirus forecasts in mid-March; they whiffed badly:
   • The first day, I think I undershot how much I should've been drinking, because it had almost no effect on me. 2014, Dave Schilling, One of Our Writers Went on an All-Alcohol Diet for a Week:
4. To record too little photographic footage.

Forms

Antonyms

overshoot

Deriveds

undershooter