undershoot
verb (used with object)
to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
had undershot
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past perfectof undershoot.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Moody's Investors Service said in April that 15 out of 28 Italian bad loan securitisation deals it had analysed had undershot initial projections on collections, with a 35% median underperformance compared with the business plans.
From Reuters ● May 29, 2022
Schnabel said the ECB was happy to see “upside chances” to inflation after this had undershot its 2% target for so long.
From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2021
If we had undershot jaws and projecting teeth and no nose, we probably would be regarded with greater tenderness and attention.
From Letters of Franklin K. Lane by Louise Herrick Wall
Young Wellman by rights belonged with these; but he had undershot a strong incomer; and the miss had cost him two others before he could recover his temper.
From The Adventures of Bobby Orde by Worth Brehm
A deepening of the quinine expression told him that he had undershot the mark.
From Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress by George Randolph Chester
