Overshoot

/ˈəʊ.və.ʃuːt/

Synonyms for "overshoot" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Strong matches (17)

Related words (28)

overrunovershoot the fieldovershoot the markoverstepoverstridepancakepassprocesssettle downsuperaboundsurpasstalk downtouch downtranscendupwind
Noun(9 words)
overrunoverrun timeoverrunsovershootingoverthrow of governmentrevolutionary overthrowsurpasssurpluswave-off

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distance overshootlanding overshootparking overshootplanning overshootrange overshootspeed overshoottarget misstime overshoot

Collocations

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budget overshootdistance overshootovershoot budgetovershoot forecastovershoot scheduleovershoot the markovershoot the targetplanning overshootproject overshootsignal overshoottime overshoot

Inflections

3 entries
overshipping?overshootsovershot

Derivations

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Antonyms

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Sample sentences

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Let's see if we can predict and correct for the overshoot.

Source: wiktionary

With appropriate choice and action such uncontrolled decline could be avoided; overshoot could instead be resolved by a conscious effort to reduce humanity's demand on the planet.

Source: wiktionary

Population overshoot is therefore unlikely to yield to management. Rather, the usual suspects will enter the scene and do their thing: starvation, disease, […] violence […] [and] death […].

Source: wiktionary

Our core ecological problem is not climate change. It is overshoot, of which global warming is a symptom.

Source: wiktionary

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