overshoot
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- The amount by which something goes too far.
- The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
- The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.
Verb
- To go past something; to go too far.
- To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
- To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
- To exceed.
- To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).
- To record too much photographic footage.
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