overshoot
overshoot Lexical Profile
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• verb
To pass, fly, or travel unintentionally beyond a specified target, destination, or stopping point.
"The aircraft slid on the icy tarmac and overshot the runway by several hundred feet."
To exceed a financial limit, numerical target, or allotted timeframe.
"The construction project is expected to overshoot its original budget by nearly two million dollars."
• noun
An instance of going beyond an intended target, limit, or stopping point, or the amount by which a target is exceeded.
"The financial report revealed a significant budget overshoot due to rising raw material costs."
In ecology, the condition in which a population's consumption of resources temporarily exceeds the long-term carrying capacity of its environment.
"Ecological overshoot occurs when humanity's annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth's ecosystems can regenerate in that year."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English as a compound of the prefix 'over-' (beyond) and the verb 'shoot', originally referring to firing an arrow or projectile beyond an intended target.