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underbaked

underbaked

3.9
Not cooked long enough in the oven so the inside is still doughy
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌndərˈbeɪkt/
translation icon : poco cocido
  • To avoid a soggy texture, ensure that the pastry is not underbaked when you take it out of the oven.
  • underbaked crust

Examples

  • Yeah, it sounds like they were underbaked.

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  • The cave is underbaked.

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  • The cake was still doughy in the center because it was underbaked.

  • She realized her bread was underbaked when it failed to rise properly.

Synonyms

underdone
vsunderbaked
2 3.8

Food that is not cooked enough and is still raw inside

focuses on being not cooked enough in the oven rather than readiness
half-baked
vsunderbaked
4.1

Partly cooked so it is still raw inside

refers to being not cooked long enough rather than merely partial cooking

How Cooked

baked
1 1.0
underbaked
3.9
raw
353 1.0

Surface Forms

underbaked positive

Morphology

underbaked = baked (transparent) = under + bake + ed

The prefix 'under-' clearly indicates a lesser degree of the action 'baked', meaning not fully baked.

Etymology

Underbaked is a simple compound of under- meaning 'not enough' and bake meaning 'to cook in the oven', so it literally means 'not cooked long enough'.