Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not sufficiently cooked.
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- adjective
insufficiently cooked ;undercooked
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- adjective insufficiently cooked
Etymologies
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Examples
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My main thrust was to aver the Nordin article was "underdone" and as a community service would have been much more effective if the bank involvement had been much more deeply explored; and if, as you and Waldo seemd to think, "Anyone in the world can tap one ` s bank account with only the account number" that fact, if indeed it is one, needs exploration.
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Deprived of the country's finest youth, his side has also not been able to travel to any warm-up tournaments, which he believes leaves them 'underdone' in comparison with other leading teams.
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The Wallabies lack match practice and will be "underdone" for their final Bledisloe Cup match against New Zealand in Hong Kong next week, coach Robbie Deans warned on Friday.
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The Wallabies lack match practice and will be "underdone" for their final Bledisloe Cup match against New Zealand in Hong Kong next week, coach Robbie Deans warned on Friday.
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The Wallabies lack match practice and will be "underdone" for their final Bledisloe Cup match against New Zealand in Hong Kong next week, coach Robbie Deans warned on Friday.
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You can make the cutest couple in the world, but if you look frumpy or overdone or even excessively underdone, it won't be worth anything.
Emily de La Bruyere: Prom: A User's Guide Emily de La Bruyere 2011
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He left with few regrets, happy that his game on clay had never been better, although disappointed that, yet again, his best was not good enough to beat a slightly underdone Nadal.
Rafael Nadal boxed clever to beat Roger Federer in French Open | Kevin Mitchell 2011
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I don't think they've been underdone myself - at least for our area this year.
Live blogging the models for Tues. snow event Jason Samenow 2011
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The Umbrian version cooks to a perfect al dente that most fresh pasta cannot achieve, but doesn't have a standard dried pasta's noodle-soup surface over an underdone center.
Gopnik's Daily Pic: Pastaesthetics Blake Gopnik 2010
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You can make the cutest couple in the world, but if you look frumpy or overdone or even excessively underdone, it won't be worth anything.
Emily de La Bruyere: Prom: A User's Guide Emily de La Bruyere 2011
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