overshoot

9 letters · noun · scores 2,600 in SpellHuntr

noun

an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt

verb

shoot beyond or over (a target)

Overshoot in a sentence

Let's see if we can predict and correct for the overshoot.

Our core ecological problem is not climate change. It is overshoot, of which global warming is a symptom.

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