different between undershoot vs undershot

English

Etymology

under- +? shoot

Verb

undershoot (third-person singular simple present undershoots, present participle undershooting, simple past and past participle undershot)

1. To shoot not far enough or not well enough.
2. To not go far enough when trying to reach a goal.
3. (by extension) To underestimate.
   • 2014, Dave Schilling, One of Our Writers Went on an All-Alcohol Diet for a Week

     The first day, I think I undershot how much I should've been drinking, because it had almost no effect on me.

   • 2020, Brendan Kirby, Experts made coronavirus forecasts in mid-March; they whiffed badly

     Just weeks ago, however, America’s top epidemiologists badly undershot how quickly COVID-19 would spread.

Antonyms

• overshoot

Noun

undershoot (uncountable)

1. The situation where a neuron's membrane potential falls below the normal resting potential.
2. An instance of undershooting.

Anagrams

• honouredst

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.d?(?)???t/

Verb

undershot

1. simple past tense and past participle of undershoot

Adjective

undershot (not comparable)

1. (of a water wheel) Powered by water flowing from below.
2. (zoology) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
   • 1931, Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 3, p. 50,^[1]

     His blunt undershot mouth curved in a smile that was somewhat ingratiating.

Translations

Noun

undershot (plural undershots)

1. An undershot water wheel.

Related terms

• overshot

Anagrams

• unshorted