How to Use underdone in a Sentence

underdone

adjective
Definition of underdonenext
Synonyms for underdonenext
  • The blueberry pancakes are tough and the hash browns inside the omelets are underdone.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The blueberry pancakes are tough and the hash browns inside the omelets are underdone.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The fries looked underdone to the Tribune test kitchen staff, so an extra two minutes was added to the baking time for all.
    — Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Those two coffee cakes were baked for the same amount of time, but the center in the glass pan was underdone, leading it to sink after it was pulled from the oven.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Boil for about 1 minute; the noodles cook quickly and should be slightly underdone.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 1 Jan. 2018
  • Did those scallops seem a bit underdone to anyone else?
    — Leah Bhabha, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2021
  • If all of the liquid has been absorbed but the rice is a bit underdone, leave it to stand, covered, for another 5 minutes.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Cut meats and veggies into evenly-sized pieces so no one will bite into a chunk that's underdone.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 22 Dec. 2020
  • But throwing everything on one pan at the same time can lead to overdone veggies or underdone meat.
    — NBC News, 5 Feb. 2019
  • Cookies Cookies were one item that never seemed to come out too underdone or overdone.
    — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2018
  • The underdone crust did no favors for the Meat Lovers ($8.99 for a medium pie), with pepperoni, Italian sausage and crumbled meatballs that don’t get much beyond the greasy, shiny stage of doneness.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • We were also disappointed by the air fryer, which, when used according to instructions, left the fries soggy and underdone.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
  • To be sure, people of goodwill can debate whether some of Dodd-Frank’s more aggressive initiatives, such as stress-testing, living wills, and the Volcker Rule, were overkill, underdone, or just right.
    — Bytil Schuermann, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, rotating from front to back halfway through, until the edges and top have a golden crust but the middle remains slightly underdone, with a toothpick inserted in the center pulling up moist crumbs.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The dough has been turbo-boosted with sugar to rise quickly, and an unctuous sea of cheese and meat has been piled atop rubbery underdone or brittle overdone crusts, sometimes occurring in the same pizza.
    — Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2021

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