undercooked
adj1
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.
- For the main course, order any of the fresh fish from the blackboard; the swordfish is always wonderful (and nicely undercooked, unless you specify otherwise).1987 April, “Restaurants”, in Orange Coast Magazine, volume 13, number 4, page 80:
2 more examples
- The yellowfin tuna at a seaside restaurant is nicely undercooked.2008, Robert D. Temple, Edge Effects: The Border-name Places, page 214:
- She had fixed me a light supper — perfectly undercooked scrambled eggs, rye toast, a sliced orange, and a wedge of gouda cheese.2020, Harold Fickett, The Holy Fool: A Novel, page 127:
3
Figuratively Done with insufficient energy, enthusiasm, etc.
- His stage portrayal of Hamlet was distinctly undercooked.
- Synonyms
- underdone
- Antonyms
- overcooked, overdone
- Derived terms
- undercookedness