undershoot
verb (past and past participle undershot) /ʌndəˈʃuːt 
/ [with object]
/ [with object]1(Of an aircraft) land short of (the runway): that approach path will cause the aircraft to undershoot the landing field [no object]: open the full air brake after the final turn to check you can undershoot...
- In the full knowledge that nonpilots judge you by your landings, I undershot the runway by 100 ft, fortunately without damage.
- I kept the engine running just in case I undershot the landing place until I was around 50 ft above the field.
- They either undershot or overshot whilst attempting to land on an aircraft carrier.
2Fall short of (a point or target): the figure undershot the government’s original estimate...
- If we focus on the profile of inflation over the last two years or so, the period over which the MPG has had more influence, there has indeed been a tendency for inflation to undershoot the target.
- If the manager calls the market wrong and the scheme undershoots its target, investors could end up with less money than they put in.
- Based on trends to end August, tax receipts could undershoot the target by up to £2bn, putting an enormous hole in the £2.5 bn surplus target.
noun /ˈʌndəʃuːt /
/An act of undershooting.If this continues, there is likely to be a major undershoot in public capital spending again this year....
- However, set against disappointment here has been an undershoot in government spending, with central government spending plus investment up by 5.7% year on year against a Budget forecast of 7.2% growth.
