underdo
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of underdo
Example Sentences
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I hope I don’t overdo it or underdo it,’” Mirren says, speaking alongside McKellen at the Corinthia Hotel in London.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2019
We don’t want her to underdo her job.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2015
“All authentication in the end is about being risk-based. You don’t want to overdo security because that can create user burdens, but you don’t want to underdo it because that creates risk.”
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2015
Sometimes the local people overdo the publicity, and sometimes they underdo it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adjusting the Proportion of Work and Play It is distinctly unhealthful either to overdo or to underdo work, play, rest, or sleep.
From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Irving Fisher
“We underdid it in the great financial crisis, so we overdid it here,” said Patrick Harker, who was president of the Philadelphia Fed for a decade before stepping down last June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Certainly if there were any fault in Mr Codlin's usual deportment, it was that he rather underdid his kindness to those about him, than overdid it.
From The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Powell, as well, said that even though "the risks of sort of overdoing it and underdoing it are getting closer to being balanced," the focus remains on inflation.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2023
More than a year after tearing a knee ligament and underdoing surgery, Rubio is expected to make his season debut Thursday night when Cleveland visits the Portland Trail Blazers.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
Flanker Jamie Ritchie is out for the tournament after underdoing surgery on the hamstring injury suffered in last weekend's opening win over England.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022
“The risk of overdoing it is less than the risk of underdoing it,” Mr. Powell said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020
Overdoing in one direction must be compensated by underdoing in another.
From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton
They believe the man, who got a tapeworm from eating underdone pork, infected himself.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
On my visits, execution varied: some overly thick, underdone potato slices; unevenly applied toppings; and swirled-on-top sauce making for dramatic differences among some pies’ slices.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
It's amazing how a few batches of underdone cookies or a still-too-warm cake with the icing sliding off the sides can push even the most impatient people to slow down, if only for a moment.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2022
Even noodles that you plan to pan-fry into a crispy “noodle pillow,” as Nguyen puts it, before adding toppings can stand to be a little underdone.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2021
The rabbit was a shade underdone, but tasted wonderful.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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