underdone

adj

underdone

adj

Etymology From under- + done.

1

insufficiently cooked; undercooked

‘Now,’ he turned back to the menu, ‘I myself will accompany Mademoiselle with the caviar, but then I would like a very small tournedos, underdone, with sauce Béarnaise and a cœur d’artichaut.[…]’1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 8, in Casino Royale, page 47:

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