undershoot
verb
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Middle English schoten English shoot English undershoot From under- + shoot.
- The situation where a neuron's membrane potential falls below the normal resting potential.
- An instance of undershooting.
“In this model, a fiscal or saving shock in one country leads to an overshoot of the real exchange rate between the two countries and of the real interest rate in the other country, and an undershoot of the real interest rate in the first country.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Middle English schoten English shoot English undershoot From under- + shoot.
- To shoot not far enough or not well enough.
- To fail to go far enough when trying to reach a goal.
- To underestimate.
“The first day, I think I undershot how much I should've been drinking, because it had almost no effect on me.”
“Just weeks ago, however, America’s top epidemiologists badly undershot how quickly COVID-19 would spread.”
- To record too little photographic footage.