undershoot
verb
un·der·shoot
ˌən-dər-ˈshüt 
undershot
ˌən-dər-ˈshät
; undershooting
; undershooting
1
: to shoot short of or below (a target)
2
: to fall short of (a runway) in landing an airplane
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On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy expanded 0.2%, undershooting expectations for a 0.4% growth.
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Anniek Bao,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Exports in the January to February period rose 2.3% in U.S. dollar terms from a year earlier, data from the customs authority showed Friday, significantly undershooting expectations of a 5% increase in a Reuters poll.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
Asia’s third-largest economy has grappled with a sharp slowdown since last year, with a growth rate of 5.4% in the quarter ended September, undershooting expectations by a large margin and marking its slowest expansion in nearly two years.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Certainly, the world’s No. 1 retailer’s announcement that it’s poised to undershoot its targets to reduce planet-heating emissions by the end of the decade doesn’t augur well for the industry at large.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Anniek Bao,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Exports in the January to February period rose 2.3% in U.S. dollar terms from a year earlier, data from the customs authority showed Friday, significantly undershooting expectations of a 5% increase in a Reuters poll.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
Asia’s third-largest economy has grappled with a sharp slowdown since last year, with a growth rate of 5.4% in the quarter ended September, undershooting expectations by a large margin and marking its slowest expansion in nearly two years.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Certainly, the world’s No. 1 retailer’s announcement that it’s poised to undershoot its targets to reduce planet-heating emissions by the end of the decade doesn’t augur well for the industry at large.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Undershoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undershoot. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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