overshot

[US]/əʊvə'ʃɒt/
[UK]/'ovəʃɑt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. (kwa mizigo ya mizigo ya mizigo, na mengine) inayotumia maji ya kusimama kwenye juu na kusababu kwa mizigo ya kusimama.

Phrases & Collocations

overshot target

alipita matokeo

overshot the deadline

alipita muda wa mchele

overshot budget

alipita mali

overshot by 10%

alipita kwa 10%

overshot the runway

alipita mstari wa kuanza

overshot the mark

alipita chakula

overshot the goal

alipita matokeo

overshot the limit

alipita hati

overshoot oneself

kutumia muda mrefu sana

overshoot the mark

kutumia muda mrefu sana

Real-world Examples

Just as markets have overshot in the past few years, they can undershoot.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Well, they overshot and wound up in " bland, " right on the border of " sucky."

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

An Indonesian budget airline flight overshot the runway and plunged into the ocean of the resort island of Bali today.

Source: NPR News April 2013 Collection

Actually, you know what, I might have overshot.

Source: S04

The reddleman's disinterestedness was so well deserving of respect that it overshot respect by being barely comprehended; and she almost thought it absurd.

Source: Returning Home

He is one of those men who have overshot their true generation.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Part Two)

Looks like they overshot their destination by 10 years.

Source: Gravity Falls Season 2

The aircraft which belongs to Papua New Guinea's national carrier Air Niugini is thought to have overshot the runway in bad weather.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2018

A Korean airlines plane with 173 people on board overshot the runway when landing in poor weather at Cebu airport in the Philippines.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2022

By early October, tensions were rising. Many of  the crew thought they had overshot Japan, probably spurred on by the constant sightings of sandpipers  that must have come from nearby islands.

Source: Charming history

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