Overshoot

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

overshoot
    n 1: an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
         [syn: {overshoot}, {wave-off}, {go-around}]
    v 1: shoot beyond or over (a target) [ant: {undershoot}]
    2: aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. i.
   To fly beyond the mark. --Collier.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overshot}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Overshooting}.]
   1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark;
      to overshoot the green in golf. "Not to overshoot his
      game." --South.
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   2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to
      overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot
      the endpoint in a titration.
      [PJC]

   2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle.
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   3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper.
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   {To overshoot one's self}, to venture too far; to assert too
      much.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "overshoot":
      alight, come down, come in, crash-land, descend, ditch, downwind,
      exaggerate, exceed, go beyond, land, level off, light, overdo,
      overgo, overjump, overleap, overpass, overreach, overrun,
      overshoot the field, overshoot the mark, overstep, overstride,
      pancake, pass, settle down, superabound, surpass, talk down,
      touch down, transcend, upwind