UNDERDONE Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

underdone

adjective

Definition of underdone

as in half-baked

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Recent Examples of underdone This called back a strange and underdone bit in which an actor playing Pope Leo said the hot dogs in the Ed Sullivan Theater didn’t meet his rider, and shook his fist from behind a dressing-room door. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 May 2026 There's no need to give up on dinner if your pasta is a little underdone. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026 The chassis feels, by Mini’s standards, underdone and unsophisticated. — Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for underdone

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Asked about a half-baked, eleventh-hour Johnson administration idea for the city to take over the state agency that has overseen stadium financing in Illinois, Pritzker said no one from the mayor’s office had even contacted him about it.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
Waiting until the last minute to force an idea is the surest way to churn out an essay that is half-baked and inauthentic.

— Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

Definition of half-baked

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Sarah Patton, a Compass agent familiar with the buildings, says that a few years ago, when hundreds of units were being marketed downtown, some buildings were making deals, but that’s rare.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026
Since then researchers have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus, which is known to cause cancers such as nasal pharyngeal cancers and some forms of lymphoma, is also linked to some stomach cancers and some rarer lymphomas, Clifford says.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026

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Four males came inside and took some uncooked pizzas, Slurpees and other drinks.

— Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
Toasting rice is the process in which uncooked grains of rice are heated in a small amount of fat, like oil or butter, before adding any liquid.

— Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of uncooked

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