undershoot
Americanverb (used with object)
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to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
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Aeronautics. (of an aircraft or pilot) to land before reaching (a landing strip) because of a too rapid loss of altitude.
verb (used without object)
verb
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(of a pilot) to cause (an aircraft) to land short of (a runway) or (of an aircraft) to land in this way
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to shoot a projectile so that it falls short of (a target)
Etymology
Origin of undershoot
Example Sentences
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But spending appeared to lose steam, undershooting expectations of economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal who instead expected growth of 0.4 percent.
From Barron's
“The risk in 2026 has always been skewed to further easing given the expected undershoot of the inflation target,” Deutsche Bank’s Chief European Economist Mark Wall said in a recent research note.
From Barron's
“Given the modest outlook for growth and inflation, the materialisation of downside risks could easily lead to close-to-stagnant growth rates and a deeper undershooting of the inflation target,” the account said.
It is likely that the projections will show a modest inflation undershoot in 2028 at 1.9%, but this is unlikely to be meaningful enough to change the ECB’s guidance, RBC analysts said.
“The downside risks on the inflation outlook remain at least as significant as the upside risks, and we would not tolerate a lasting undershooting of our inflation target,” he said.
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