undershoot
Miss by underestimating
To undershoot is to fall short of a target or intended mark.
A pilot undershoots when landing before the runway.
More often the word applies to estimates, budgets, or goals: The company undershot its revenue projections by twelve percent.
The opposite of overshoot.
Object of pursuit
- runwayPaved path for planes
- landingDescent's final moment
- approachWay of handling something
- descentDownward slope or lineage
touchdown · glidepath · threshold · aim · trajectory · ballistics · altitude · elevation
Deliberately understate cost
- understateExpress with restraint
- undercountTally that's too low
- undervalueEstimate below true worth
- underrateJudge below true merit
miscalculate · misjudge · underpredict · shortfall · conservative estimate · underassess
Failure to reach quota
- deficitAmount still owed
- gapUnfilled space between
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
inadequacy · lack · underage · underfunding · underperformance · underdelivery · miss · fall behind
Pay below fair value
- understeerFront-wheel traction loss
- overcautiousExcessively careful or wary
- underreactRespond insufficiently to stimulus
- lagPeriod of falling behind
delay · damping · feedback · calibration · correction
target
Object of pursuit
descent · touchdown · glidepath · threshold · aim · trajectory · ballistics · altitude · elevation · airspeed
lowball
Deliberately understate cost
- understateExpress with restraint
- undercountTally that's too low
- undervalueEstimate below true worth
underrate · miscalculate · misjudge · underpredict · shortfall · conservative estimate · underassess
shortfall
Failure to reach quota
- deficitAmount still owed
- gapUnfilled space between
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
shortage · inadequacy · lack · underage · underfunding · underperformance · underdelivery · miss · fall behind · come up short
undercompensate
Pay below fair value
- understeerFront-wheel traction loss
- overcautiousExcessively careful or wary
- underreactRespond insufficiently to stimulus
lag · delay · damping · feedback · calibration · correction
- navigation errorsmissed exit, wrong direction, wrong way, off course, getting lost
- Runwaysairport runway, runway lights, landing strip, airstrip, grass strip
- shortfallsdeficit, shortfall, budget shortfall, shortage, gap
- circuit phenomenaimpedance, reactance, capacitance, inductance, resistance
- Dogfightingdogfight, barrel roll, wingman, bandit, six o'clock
- nerve signalsaction potential, nerve impulses, nerve impulse, nerve signals, neural activity
undershootovershoot
Go beyond intended point
overfly · go long · carry over · go beyond