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Recent Examples of underdone
The chassis feels, by Mini’s standards, underdone and unsophisticated.
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Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This ensemble would, in the hands of another director, feel like an abundance of riches, but Liman opts to give The Instigators a grubby, underdone style that dulls a lot of the supporting cast’s colorful work.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Family members began eating the kabobs but noted that the meat tasted underdone, so it was recooked and served again.
—Eric Henderson, CBS News, 24 May 2024
There’s slightly underdone (a good thing), and then there’s unwelcome resistance.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
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Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This ensemble would, in the hands of another director, feel like an abundance of riches, but Liman opts to give The Instigators a grubby, underdone style that dulls a lot of the supporting cast’s colorful work.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Family members began eating the kabobs but noted that the meat tasted underdone, so it was recooked and served again.
—Eric Henderson, CBS News, 24 May 2024
There’s slightly underdone (a good thing), and then there’s unwelcome resistance.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdone
Adjective
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At work instead is a kind of half-baked feminist phrenology.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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The show follows a half-baked film major (Settel) from LA, who is sent to NYC to stay with- and make a documentary about- his uncle (Feitelberg), a supposedly ultra-suc-cessful Broadway actor.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Lisa, 28, wore a black maxi dress with cutouts, and paired the look with an extremely rare Hermès Birkin while in South Korea's capital city.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of people face rare summer frost alerts on Thursday morning as temperatures plummet.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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After all is said and done, Deen’s story still feels slightly uncooked.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
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Stir in uncooked pasta and chicken broth, increase heat to high; bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally, to ensure pasta doesn’t stick to bottom.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Underdone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdone. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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