underdone

Examples

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• The lunch was not very good, although Patrick's intentions were generous: gray, overdone slices of cold lamb and underdone potato salad.

  Fiction book (1997)

• It's very underdone.

  Fiction book (1992)

• It could be a little underdone.

  The Castle (1997)

• A fragment of underdone potato.

  A Christmas Carol (2009)

• And yes, they were definitely underdone. I stuck a toothpick in, and it was covered in wet dough.

  Blog text (20)

• Bake for 11-13 minutes or until golden brown around the edges but still soft, almost underdone-looking, in the center.

  Blog text (20)

• The chicken was still underdone, making it unsafe to eat.

• I prefer my steak to be slightly underdone so that it remains juicy.

• If the pasta feels too firm to the bite, it might be underdone.

Synonyms

U

uncooked

vsunderdone

8 1.0

Food that is raw and not heated before eating

is about being not cooked enough rather than being entirely raw

H

half-done

vsunderdone

6 3.4

Only partly finished and not ready to use

is focused specifically on insufficient cooking rather than any unfinished task

U

untoasted

vsunderdone

1 2.3

Bread or other food that has not turned brown from heat

is about general insufficient cooking rather than only lacking surface browning

U

underbaked

vsunderdone

3.9

Not cooked long enough in the oven so the inside is still doughy

is the general idea of being not cooked enough beyond only oven cases

H

half-baked

vsunderdone

4.1

Partly cooked so it is still raw inside

is similar but applies to partial cooking rather than full doneness

Antonyms

O

overdone

1 2.9

Cooked too long so it is dry and tough

How Cooked

overdone

1 2.9

well-done

12 1.6

medium

68 3.0

rare

54 3.3

underdone

2 3.8

raw

353 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology