undercooked

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undercooked

Rhymes with -ʊkt

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of undercook

adjective more undercooked · most undercooked

  1. Insufficiently cooked, so as to be unpalatable or inedible. I can't eat this chicken – it's undercooked.
  2. Very lightly cooked. The broccoli was nicely undercooked.
  3. figuratively Done with insufficient energy, enthusiasm, etc. His stage portrayal of Hamlet was distinctly undercooked.

Similar: underdone · Opposite: overcooked, overdone

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adjective

Similar: underdone · Opposite: overcooked, overdone

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adj insufficiently cooked

Españolcrudo
中文未煮熟的 wèizhǔshú de
हिन्दीअधपका adhpakā
Portuguêsmal cozinhado, cru
Françaiscru, pas cuit
Ελληνικάάβραστος ávrastos
Românăinsuficient gătit, crud
Русскийнедожа́ренный nedožárennyj
עבריתנָא na

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@misc{undercooked_2026,
  title = {undercooked},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/undercooked},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}