Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Driven by water passing from below, as a water wheel.
- adjective Having the lower jaw or teeth projecting beyond the upper; underhung.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Moved by water passing under, or acting on the lowest part of.
- Underhung, as a dog.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
- adjective Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to
overshot .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
undershoot . - adjective of a waterwheel
powered bywater flowing frombelow - adjective zoology Having the lower
incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in thebulldog .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a lower part projecting beyond the upper
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Examples
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But there is another form of mill wheels, what is called the undershot wheel, in which it only acts by its impact, as represented in FIG.
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Little we thought he should ever own it, or that John would be pointing it out to his own boys, lecturing them on "undershot," and "overshot," as he used to lecture me.
John Halifax, Gentleman Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856
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The original water wheel was an "undershot" type, and was probably made almost entirely of wood.
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Oracle shares are expected to drop sharply after its update last night undershot market forecasts for the first time in a decade.1.27pm: Another quick look at those public finances numbers out in the UK this morning.
Eurozone crisis: Fitch threatens to cut America's AAA rating - 21 December 2011 2011
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In a recent TechCrunch article it was revealed that even Apple fanboy bloggers undershot the mark by at least half when it came to predicting iPad sales.
Marc Hershon: How iPad Is Naming the Game Marc Hershon 2011
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Its exploration and production division slightly undershot expectations, but downstream was impressive, he said.
Shell's Profit Soars Alexis Flynn 2011
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Gross domestic product growth was marginally below the consensus call of 4%, and also undershot the Bank of Canada's 4.2% forecast.
Canada's GDP Expands 3.9% Nirmala Menon 2011
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Most retail sales figures matched analyst expectations, but some big department stores undershot estimates.
Blue Chips Take a Breather, Snap a Three-Day Win Streak Brendan Conway 2011
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Mandiri Sekuritas economist Aldian Taloputra said that even though third-quarter GDP growth undershot the median forecast, full-year growth may still hit 6.5% as "even if there's a slowdown in exports in the fourth quarter, it will likely be offset by rising investment."
Indonesia Posts 3.46% GDP Rise Farida Husna 2011
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In a recent TechCrunch article it was revealed that even Apple fanboy bloggers undershot the mark by at least half when it came to predicting iPad sales.
Marc Hershon: How iPad Is Naming the Game Marc Hershon 2011
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