undershoot

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To shoot not far enough or not well enough.
2. verb To fail to go far enough when trying to reach a goal.
3. verb To underestimate.
4. verb To record too little photographic footage.
5. noun The situation where a neuron's membrane potential falls below the normal resting potential.
6. noun An instance of undershooting.
7. noun This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Similar words

underreach undershift underhit underdo underspeak underrun underburn undersend underfire undersave

Often followed by

the of and in is or at boundary to

Word family

undershooting undershoots undershot