undersalt

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verb

To season (food) with too little salt.

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Meanings

verbundersalt (third-person singular simple present undersalts, present participle undersalting, simple past and past participle undersalted)

present singular third person undersalts · participle present undersalting · participle past undersalted · past undersalted

  1. transitiveTo season (food) with too little salt.

    We also learned we overcooked it, undersalted the water and often used the wrong shape.

    2007 October 17, Mark Bittman, “Serving Pasta? Forget What You Learned”, in New York Times

Origin

From under- + salt.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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