Underdo Definition

ŭndər-do͝o

underdid, underdoes, underdoing, underdone

verb

To do to an insufficient degree, especially to cook for too short a time.

American Heritage

To do less than is usual, needed, or desired.

Webster's New World

To do something insufficiently; especially to undercook.

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To act below one's abilities; do less than one can.

Wiktionary

Origin of Underdo

From Middle English underdon, from Old English underdōn (“to put under"), from Proto-Germanic *under + *dōnÄ… (“to put"), equivalent to under- +"Ž do. Cognate with German unterthun (“to put under, subject").

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