underdone

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adjective

insufficiently cooked; undercooked

Similar
half-bakedraw
OriginEnglish done ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunderdone (comparative more underdone, superlative most underdone)

comparative more underdone · superlative most underdone

  1. insufficiently cooked; undercooked

    ‘Now,’ he turned back to the menu, ‘I myself will accompany Mademoiselle with the caviar, but then I would like a very small tournedos, underdone, with sauce Béarnaise and a cœur d’artichaut.[…]’

    1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 8, in Casino Royale, page 47

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveinsufficiently cooked

Similar
half-bakedraw
Also see
half-bakedincompleterawundercooked

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishdone
  13. Englishunderdone

From under- + done.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with underdone

sunrunfundonenoneeveryonesonwongunbeguntonDunndunnunbunGunnpunstuntonneundonererunshunmunthon
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Cite this entry
APA

underdone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdone

MLA

“underdone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underdone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdone.

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