underdone

[ uhn-der-duhn ]
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adjective
  1. (of food) not thoroughly cooked; not cooked enough.

  2. Chiefly British. (of meat) rare.

Origin of underdone

1
First recorded in 1675–85; under- + done

Words Nearby underdone

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How to use underdone in a sentence

  • Kidneys should never be cooked rapidly, and those persons who cannot eat them slightly underdone should forego them.

British Dictionary definitions for underdone

underdone

/ (ˌʌndəˈdʌn) /


adjective
  1. insufficiently or lightly cooked

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