overshoot
verb (used with object)
will overshoot
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future tenseof overshoot.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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At the same time, economists warn that aggressive spending on data-center construction and equipment increases the risk that the build-out and the costs will overshoot the demand for data-center capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"In its own assessment, annual inflation will overshoot the upper bound of the 2-4% target range this year if average oil prices settle north of $95/barrel."
From Reuters ● Mar. 22, 2022
“Equity exposure is at historic highs which means that an equity drawdown will overshoot to the downside,” wrote Eric Johnston, the firm’s head of equity derivatives and cross asset.
From Reuters ● Jan. 12, 2022
But Mr. Gelb preferred something closer to the danger and thrill of the Met’s stage, where you never know whether a singer will overshoot a high note or land it with sublime precision.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2020
Nine times out of ten a person will overshoot the mark with a revolver under such circumstances, and, being anxious to avoid this, I do the reverse, and fire too low.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Thomas Stevens
