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
"Consciously underdo," advises exercise physiologist Carl Foster of the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse.
From Time Magazine Archive
A young fellow should be ambitious to shine in everything; and, of the two, rather overdo than underdo.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George
“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 Dickens, Charles
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
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
“Asking over $1 million and the house has chipped sinks and dog damage? That’s underdoing it.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
“The risk of overdoing it is less than the risk of underdoing it,” Mr. Powell said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020
Don't overdo it or you'll look like a swashbuckler, and that'll be worse than underdoing it.
From The Pothunters by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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
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
That said, even underdone doughnuts fare better in the company of vanilla ice cream, chopped walnuts, thyme-laced honey and a heady chaser of spiced chilled chocolate milk.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2021
The rabbit was a shade underdone, but tasted wonderful.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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