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undershoot

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


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“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

"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

"Better to overshoot than to undershoot," added Aylward.

From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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

Hill said Nike had "more work to do" on its sportswear, Jordan brand and in China as the company announced quarterly revenues of $11bn, which undershot analysts' expectations.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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

Economic growth slowed to a more than four-year low in the third quarter, while inflation undershot the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’s 2025 inflation target of 2% to 4% for a ninth straight month in November.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 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

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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