Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Excessive.
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- verb Present participle of
overshoot .
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Examples
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That's what we call the overshooting top of the big tall part of the thunderstorm -- so very near where that tornado was.
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Believing that their currencies have now fallen beyond their natural levels -- an economic phenomenon called overshooting -- central banks are stepping in to support their currencies, provide cash to desperate financial institutions, and, they hope, damp the economic fallout from the plunge.
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It remains to be seen whether there is economic value to the idea of overshooting
Scientific American 2010
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The second most apparent change is the new scrolling behavior, which limits flick scrolling to a page at once to prevent overshooting, which is especially useful if you take into account many WinMo phones 'imprecise resistive touchscreens.
Gizmodo 2009
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This has less to do with the fact that I am arguably the most organised lady in the Northern Hemisphere, and more to do with yuletide hazards such as overshooting airline baggage allowances and dislocating shoulders.
unhappy shopper 2004
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This has less to do with the fact that I am arguably the most organised lady in the Northern Hemisphere, and more to do with yuletide hazards such as overshooting airline baggage allowances and dislocating shoulders.
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Gabrielle's plan for dealing with Harper was something Sexton called "overshooting" – an interrogation technique invented by the early Roman authorities to coax confessions from criminals they suspected were lying.
Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001
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Policy makers' commitment to taming inflation means they risk "overshooting" and causing a slowdown that hampers the global recovery, Allen Sinai, president of Decision Economics in New
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The Zurich-based central bank would only act to counter an "overshooting" and if the risk of deflation returned, he told Swiss television.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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EU's top economic official: financial markets 'overshooting' on
WN.com - Articles related to EXCLUSIVE - Europe gets first glimpse of solar, windfarm plans 2010
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