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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They believe the man, who got a tapeworm from eating underdone pork, infected himself.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
“In the end, Redfall feels unpolished, underdone, underwhelming, and uncomfortable.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
“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
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
The rabbit was a shade underdone, but tasted wonderful.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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