underdone
pronunciation
How to pronounce underdone in British English:
UK [ˌʌndəˈdʌn]
How to pronounce underdone in American English:
US [ˌʌndərˈdʌn]
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- Adjective:
- insufficiently cooked
Word Origin
- underdone (adj.)
- 1680s, in reference to cooked meat, from under + done. Old English underdon (v.), Middle English underdo meant "to put under, to subject, subjugate."
Example
- 1. Do you like your steak well-done or underdone ?
- 2. Many people like beef underdone .
- 3. She served us underdone bacon and burnt buscuits .
- 4. I like my steak underdone .
- 5. I found that the steak is underdone , hard and dry .