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undershoot

[uhn-der-shoot, uhn-der-shoot] / ˌʌn dərˈʃut, ˈʌn dərˌʃut /


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Absent this birth-death model, BLS estimates would typically undershoot actual employment growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

“The risk in 2026 has always been skewed to further easing given the expected undershoot of the inflation target,” Deutsche Bank’s Chief European Economist Mark Wall said in a recent research note.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

A runway safety area refers to an area adjacent to, or at the end of a runway, meant to limit damage to aircraft should they overshoot, undershoot or veer off the runway.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2025

"I would be happy to start cutting the rates when the inflation projection - so the outlook and not actual data - starts to undershoot our 2% target in a consistent manner," he said.

From Reuters Aug. 26, 2023

The difficulty is, of course, not to undershoot, to fall short.

From Opportunities in Aviation by Sweetser, Arthur

After a series of undershoots in the years following the 2008-09 financial crisis, policy would seek to exceed the 2% target—which it did readily.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

If a team undershoots its targets, it falls back quickly.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2024

These dynamics could intensify later this week if U.S. inflation data for June undershoots analysts' already soft expectations.

From Reuters Jul. 10, 2023

The snippet we see of their idiotic vanity project, “The Striking Viking,” aims so low it undershoots satire by a mile.

From New York Times Jul. 5, 2018

Since regular jet flights started two years ago, no U.S. commercial jet has cracked up seriously on landing, but there have been perilously close undershoots and overshoots because of pilot misjudgment.

From Time Magazine Archive

The figures -- which undershot market forecasts of 0.4 percent -- add pressure on Takaichi, who made boosting economic growth a key pledge ahead of her landslide victory in February 8's snap elections.

From Barron's Feb. 16, 2026

The history of the building also captivated Brendan - it is an undershot watermill, which means water flows underneath the waterwheel, striking the paddles at the bottom.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2026

Global silver supplies undershot demand for a fifth year in a row in 2025, according to the Silver Institute.

From MarketWatch Dec. 10, 2025

Still, the September print undershot the 5.7% rise expected in a poll of economists by data provider FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 2025

The water is gelid, murky; down there, past where the sand drops away and it’s deep, there are old rocks covered with slime, sunken logs, crayfish, leeches, huge pike with undershot jaws.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

But spending appeared to lose steam, undershooting expectations of economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal who instead expected growth of 0.4 percent.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

“Given the modest outlook for growth and inflation, the materialisation of downside risks could easily lead to close-to-stagnant growth rates and a deeper undershooting of the inflation target,” the account said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

Kroenke always told his development team that undershooting L.A. would be a huge mistake, that the opportunity here was immeasurable.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 2025

"Overall, there's more undershooting than overshooting of fertility ideals," she says.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2025

Employers added 175,000 positions in April, the Labor Department reported Friday, undershooting forecasts.

From New York Times May 3, 2024




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