Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to undershoot
Participle: undershot
Gerund: undershooting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | undershoot |
| you | undershoot |
| he;she;it | undershoots |
| we | undershoot |
| you | undershoot |
| they | undershoot |
Perfect
| I | have undershot |
| you | have undershot |
| he;she;it | has undershot |
| we | have undershot |
| you | have undershot |
| they | have undershot |
Past
| I | undershot |
| you | undershot |
| he;she;it | undershot |
| we | undershot |
| you | undershot |
| they | undershot |
Pluperfect
| I | had undershot |
| you | had undershot |
| he;she;it | had undershot |
| we | had undershot |
| you | had undershot |
| they | had undershot |
Future
| I | will undershoot |
| you | will undershoot |
| he;she;it | will undershoot |
| we | will undershoot |
| you | will undershoot |
| they | will undershoot |
Future Perfect
| I | will have undershot |
| you | will have undershot |
| he;she;it | will have undershot |
| we | will have undershot |
| you | will have undershot |
| they | will have undershot |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | undershoot |
| you | undershoot |
| he;she;it | undershoot |
| we | undershoot |
| you | undershoot |
| they | undershoot |
Perfect
| I | have undershot |
| you | have undershot |
| he;she;it | have undershot |
| we | have undershot |
| you | have undershot |
| they | have undershot |
Imperfect
| I | undershot |
| you | undershot |
| he;she;it | undershot |
| we | undershot |
| you | undershot |
| they | undershot |
Pluperfect
| I | had undershot |
| you | had undershot |
| he;she;it | had undershot |
| we | had undershot |
| you | had undershot |
| they | had undershot |
Conditional
Present
| I | would undershoot |
| you | would undershoot |
| he;she;it | would undershoot |
| we | would undershoot |
| you | would undershoot |
| they | would undershoot |
Perfect
| I | would have undershot |
| you | would have undershot |
| he;she;it | would have undershot |
| we | would have undershot |
| you | would have undershot |
| they | would have undershot |
Imperative
| you | undershoot |
| we | Let's undershoot |
| you | undershoot |
Verbs conjugated like 'undershoot'
overshoot,
shoot,
undershoot,
angle-shoot,
atshoot,
backshoot,
foreshoot,
gut-shoot,
gutshoot,
re-shoot,
reshoot,
sharpshoot,
unshoot,
Verbs similar to 'undershoot'
underfoot,
undershift,
overshoot,
underbook,
underboost,
undercoat,
undercook,
undercool,
underheat,
underhit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1661, "to shoot too low," from under + shoot (v.). In ref. to aircraft or pilots, recorded from 1918. Undershot as a type of water wheel is recorded from 1610.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
5. Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
6. Proto-Indo-European *-ér
7. Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
8. Proto-Germanic *under
9. Proto-West Germanic *undar
10. Old English under-
11. Middle English under-
12. English under-
13. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-
14. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
15. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti?
16. Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.?
17. Proto-Germanic *skeutaną
18. Proto-West Germanic *skeutan
19. Old English sċēotan
20. Middle English schoten
21. English shoot
22. English undershoot
23. From under- + shoot.
Sample Sentences
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The first day, I think I undershot how much I should've been drinking, because it had almost no effect on me. [2014, Dave Schilling, One of Our Writers Went on an All-Alcohol Diet for a Week:]
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Just weeks ago, however, America’s top epidemiologists badly undershot how quickly COVID-19 would spread. [2020, Brendan Kirby, Experts made coronavirus forecasts in mid-March; they whiffed badly:]