underdone
Americanadjective
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(of food) not thoroughly cooked; not cooked enough.
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Chiefly British. (of meat) rare.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of underdone
Example Sentences
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The teenager, who plays for the Airdrie and Coatbridge team, was taken to hospital and has since underdone a 10-hour operation.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024
The residual heat will cook any lingering underdone egg, melt the cheese, and warm up the other additions.
From Salon • Jan. 22, 2023
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
“You may be a bit of undigested beef,” Charles Dickens wrote, presumably sometime in late October or early November of 1843, “a spot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022
The rabbit was a shade underdone, but tasted wonderful.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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