transitive verb
-·did′, -·done′, -·do′ing to do less than is usual, needed, or desired
underdo
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underdo
transitive verb
un·der·did, un·der·done, un·der·do·ing, un·der·does,To do to an insufficient degree, especially to cook for too short a time.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present underdoes, present participle underdoing, simple past underdid, past participle underdone)
Origin
From Middle English underdon, from Old English underdÅn (“to put under"), from Proto-Germanic *under + *dÅnÄ… (“to put"), equivalent to under- +"Ž do. Cognate with German unterthun (“to put under, subject").
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