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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The Kansas City Royals began Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins with a pair of rare occurrences.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Trinitite contains a novel, cagelike clathrate crystal and quasicrystals, rare materials, once thought impossible, that contain nonrepeating atomic structures.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 July 2026

Definition of rare

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That means no tasting cookie dough made with raw eggs, no licking brownie batter off the beaters, and no homemade Caesar dressing made with uncooked yolks.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 23 July 2026
Also, thoroughly clean all surfaces, dishes, utensils or other equipment that the uncooked food may have touched.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of uncooked

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