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
Hence the business man, if he is a good one, will take greater care not to overdo or underdo things than the scientific man can reasonably be expected to take.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
“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 historical record is thick with examples of underdoing it,” Mr. Powell said, noting that economic policymakers tend to underestimate economic damage and under-support recoveries.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
He did both his play-acting and his real acting to perfection, neither overdoing nor underdoing one or the other.
From Sea-Hounds by Lewis R. Freeman
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
Culturally different, but geographically close, the two countries have collaborated on border security and counter-terrorism, and share a nervousness about the rise of China, but the commercial relationship has been underdone.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2022
The blueberry pancakes are tough and the hash browns inside the omelets are underdone.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
The judges nitpick about the bok choy being a little underdone, but they love the broth.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2022
The rabbit was a shade underdone, but tasted wonderful.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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