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undershoot

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


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“Our modeling suggests that even a modest slowdown in data-center pacing will cause semi revenues to undershoot the estimates,” Pies added.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 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

Fewer firms expect inflation to top 3% over the next two years, while the share expecting the consumer-price index to undershoot the 2% target has climbed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

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

One sad feature of life is that we always undershoot the mark, and for the most part perfection in purpose results in nothing better than mediocrity in achievement.

From With God in the World A Series of Papers by Charles H. Brent

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 result undershot the 49.8 forecast made by economists in a Wall Street Journal survey and dropped into contraction territory again after a short rebound into expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Google’s advertising revenue during the latest quarter undershot investor expectations, raising worries that AI may be cannibalizing its search engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

How deep into the water should the paddles of an undershot wheel go?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

Government data showed earlier Friday that household spending fell 3.0% in October from a year earlier, undershooting a 1.0% rise expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

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

Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said "Christmas has come early" for Chancellor Rachel Reeves due to borrowing "undershooting" expectations.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024

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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