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UNDERDONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does underdone mean?
• UNDERDONE (adjective)
The adjective UNDERDONE has 1 sense:
1. insufficiently cooked
Familiarity information: UNDERDONE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insufficiently cooked
Synonyms:
half-baked; underdone
Similar:
raw (not treated with heat to prepare it for eating)
Context examples
You must remember, I am sure, that I was obliged to go out yesterday when dinner was half over; and that, the day before, I was made quite unwell by being obliged to eat underdone veal in a hurry; today, I don't dine at all—and I am afraid to say how long we waited for breakfast—and then the water didn't boil.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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