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Poorly cooked
Answer for the clue "Poorly cooked ", 9 letters:
underdone
Alternative clues for the word underdone
Word definitions for underdone in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. insufficiently cooked; undercooked
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. insufficiently cooked [syn: half-baked ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s, in reference to cooked meat, from under + done . Old English underdon (v.), Middle English underdo meant "to put under, to subject, subjugate."
Usage examples of underdone.
The turkey was always tough and stringy, the stuffing dry and mealy, the string beans underdone and a brilliant baking-soda green, the sweet potatoes too sweet and sticky with Karo.
Vanya dined alone, and so preoccupied was the Bishop that he might have been eating sausages along with his Field Catalysts instead of the delicacies of peacocks tongue and lizards tail which he barely tasted and never noticed were underdone.
Niall carved himself some underdone roast beef from a joint, and poured a cup of papaya juice.