Crossword clues for underdo
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Underdo \Un`der*do"\, v. i.
To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo.
--Grew.
Underdo \Un`der*do"\, v. t. To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive obsolete English) To put under, subject. 2 (context transitive English) To do something insufficiently; especially to undercook. 3 (context intransitive English) To act below one's abilities; do less than one can. 4 (context intransitive English) To do less than is requisite.
Usage examples of "underdo".
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.
Codlin’s usual deportment, it was that he rather underdid his kindness to those about him, than overdid it.
The laka were a steady, quiet people, each committed to that which she did best, never overstepping boundaries or underdoing what must be done.