overshoot

noun

1. (countable)The amount by which something goes too far.

   “Let's see if we can predict and correct for the overshoot.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.

   “With appropriate choice and action such uncontrolled decline could be avoided; overshoot could instead be resolved by a conscious effort to reduce humanity's demand on the planet.”

   “Population overshoot is therefore unlikely to yield to management. Rather, the usual suspects will enter the scene and do their thing: starvation, disease, […] violence […] [and] death […].”

   “Our core ecological problem is not climate change. It is overshoot, of which global warming is a symptom.”

3. (countable, uncountable)The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.

   “The portion resting beyond the capline or baseline is called overshoot.”

   “The bowl of the D and the O are usually not identical, as most D forms do not have overshoot or undershoot.”

verb

1. To go past something; to go too far.

   “When you drive, you must remember to not overshoot the parking space and end up with two wheels over the line.”

   “As a result of the accident at Southend Airport when a Hermes aircraft overshot the runway and fouled the down Shenfield to Southend Victoria line between Rochford and Prittlewell, the Eastern Region is considering warning arrangements, which have already been provided on some lines running past aerodromes.”

   “A ScotRail Driver: […] A good friend of mine overshot two stations back-to-back a couple of years ago. He tried to stop at one station and slid by it. Tried to stop at the next station. He slid by that, too.”

2. To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.

   “not to overshoot his game”

3. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
4. (figuratively)To exceed.

   “to overshoot the truth”

   “That fire abated that impells rash youth, Proud of his speed to overshoot the truth,”

   “Measured this way humanity was last at sustainable levels in the 1980s. Now it has overshot by some 20 percent.”

   “The amount a letter overshoots is based on the design, but your eye shouldn’t notice it.”

5. (reflexive)To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).
6. To record too much photographic footage.