to undercook

Examples

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• I found some of the cookies were a little undercooked after 13 minutes, despite being golden brown.

  Blog text (20)

• Eating a hamburger that is undercooked is a behavior that could result in foodborne illness.

  Academic text (2004)

• I feel like I undercooked it.

  Ken Park (2003)

• In both cases, the patient had been regularly exposed to cats and had recently eaten undercooked meat.

  Academic text (2006)

• Young children should not be given unpasteurized dairy products or undercooked food.

  Academic text (2012)

• And what happens when a steak you've ordered comes out undercooked or overcooked?

  Blog text (4)

• A plausible explanation is that during peak times, the rotisserie chicken was undercooked.

  Academic text (2012)

• Unpasteurized dairy products, soft cheeses, and undercooked food, especially meat, should be avoided.

  Academic text (2011)

• Yersinia infection most often occurs from eating raw or undercooked pork products, such as chitterlings.

  Academic text (2005)

• And E. coli O157:H7 has been linked to undercooked hamburger in the 1993 outbreak in the Pacific Northwest that killed four children.

  Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

U

to underbake

vsto undercook

4.1

Bake something for less time so it stays raw inside

is broader and applies to cooking generally and stresses safety risk

U

to underdo

vsto undercook

6.8

To cook, heat, or do something for too short a time so it is not fully done

is specific to food and warns it may be unsafe to eat

Antonyms

O

to overcook

13 1.0

To cook food for too long so it becomes dry or less tasty

How Cooked

to overcook

13 1.0

to cook

∞ 1.0

to undercook

8 2.7

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Etymology