Examples of overshoot in a Sentence
The plane overshot the runway.
Sometimes we overshoot our time limits.
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In college, Maye had a tendency to overshoot downfield receivers, and threw behind a few receivers running intermediate crossing routes so far in OTAs.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
In November 2018, a cargo plane also overshot the runway and crashed into a similar antenna mount in Halifax, Canada.
—Grace Moon, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Or, it was supposed to go to his brother — but Jason overshot it, and a fan caught the ball instead.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Globally, phosphorous use is expected to double, overshooting the safe planetary boundary.
—Simi Thambi, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
In November 2018, a cargo plane also overshot the runway and crashed into a similar antenna mount in Halifax, Canada.
—Grace Moon, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Or, it was supposed to go to his brother — but Jason overshot it, and a fan caught the ball instead.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Globally, phosphorous use is expected to double, overshooting the safe planetary boundary.
—Simi Thambi, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overshoot. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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overshoot
verb
over·shoot
ˌō-vər-ˈshüt 
overshot
-ˈshät
; overshooting
; overshooting
1
: to miss by going beyond
the plane overshot the runway
2
: to shoot over or beyond
overshot the target
Medical Definition
overshoot
noun
over·shoot
ˈō-vər-ˌshüt
: a rapid change in electrical potential and reversal of polarity that occurs during an action potential when a cell or tissue is stimulated
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