undershoot
verb (used with object)
to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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"Producers like Nigeria and Angola have been undershooting their production quotas by a collective one million barrels a day over the past year," says David Fyfe.
From BBC ● May 3, 2022
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