underdone
underdone adjective: insufficiently cooked; undercooked.
Adjective
underdone (comparative more underdone, superlative most underdone)
- 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
underdone meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
underdone in Urdu
- ادھ پکا, نیم پخت
underdone in Bengali
- অপর্যাপ্তভাবে রান্না করা, আধাসিদ্ধ
underdone in Malayalam
- ശരിക്കും വേവാത്ത ഇറച്ചി
underdone in Kannada
- ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಬೇಯದ, ಅರೆಬೆಂದ
Forms of underdone
| comparative | more underdone |
|---|---|
| superlative | most underdone |
Origin of underdone
From under- + done.
Words that rhyme with underdone
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- rerun
- stun
- nun
- shun
- 'un
- Gunn
- jump the gun
- none
- outrun
- overdone
- begun
- dun
- fun
- hon
- pun
- speedrun
- thon
- undone
- unspun
- verdun
- winter sun
- 1
- 101
- 26+6=1
- cun
- dun dun dun
- everyone
- hard-won
- have one's mind about one
- hot cross bun
- marble run
- misdone
- mun
- Munn
- old one
- one hundred and one
- one thousand and one
- organ gun
- outdone
- outgun
- over and done
- quaker gun
- redone
- respun
- rewon
- snatch and run
- spun
- steam gun
Questions about underdone
- What does underdone mean?
- Underdone means insufficiently cooked; undercooked.
- What is underdone in Urdu?
- Underdone in Urdu is ادھ پکا, نیم پخت. See Underdone meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is underdone?
- Underdone is an adjective.
Words near underdone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: underdone (page history and authors); underdone (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underdone (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underdone (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underdone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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