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
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 George Saintsbury
“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
But Fed officials are also worried about underdoing it.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
San Diego right-hander Mike Clevinger is set to pitch the first game of a doubleheader in Cleveland, marking his first game in the majors since underdoing his second Tommy John surgery.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2022
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
Doing right is opposed to overdoing the thing, and to underdoing it.
From Moral Philosophy by Joseph Rickaby, S.J.
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 brownie underneath may still be a little soft, but underdone is better than overdone in this case.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2022
The blueberry pancakes are tough and the hash browns inside the omelets are underdone.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
“He comes in a little bit underdone but I’m fortunate he’s a guy who can light it up when he needs to and I think he’s a guy that this format will suit.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2019
The rabbit was a shade underdone, but tasted wonderful.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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