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🍰 To not fully cook 💡 To not prepare well
to underbake

to underbake

7.2
Prepare something without enough time or detail
  • verb
  • /ˌʌndərˈbeɪk/
translation icon : desarrollar superficialmente
  • The proposal was underbaked and lacked the necessary research to convince the investors.

Examples

  • Critics argued that the new policy was underbaked and needed more careful planning.

  • If you underbake your ideas, the final project may not meet expectations.

  • Don't underbake your project!

  • She underbakes her presentations every time.

  • The project proposal was underbaked, lacking sufficient data to persuade the committee.

  • If you underbake your plan, it won't be successful in addressing the challenges ahead.

  • The feedback indicated that several ideas were underbaked and required further development.

Synonyms

to underdo
vsto underbake
1 6.1

To do less than is needed for a task

is about insufficient planning or preparation rather than general underperformance

Antonyms

to overdo
58 3.6

Do something too much, more than needed

How Thorough

to perfect
118 3.9
to refine
93 4.0
to prepare
∞ 1.0
to underbake
7.2
to sketch
45 3.0

Surface Forms

underbake infinitive
underbaked past
underbaked past participle
underbaking present participle
underbakes third person singular

Morphology

underbake = bake (semi-transparent) = under + bake

The meaning is a metaphorical extension from cooking to preparing/developing; learners may infer 'insufficiently prepare' but the non-literal use may not be immediately obvious to all.

Etymology

The word underbake is also used for ideas and plans: it adds under- 'not enough' to bake, like saying something is 'half-baked', so it means a plan or idea that is not fully ready or thought through.