underdone
Needs more heat
Underdone describes food that hasn't been cooked long enough—still raw or nearly so in the middle: The chicken was pink and underdone.
For meat like steak, underdone may be intentional, synonymous with rare.
Figuratively, something underdone is insufficiently developed or incomplete: The proposal felt underdone.
In original state
- rareSeldom found or seen
- uncookedNot yet prepared thermally
- bloodyGore-covered or British curse
- pinkPale red hue
red · medium-rare · seared · blue · juicy · tender · tartare · sashimi
Not yet complete
- partialFavoring one side
- lackingBeing without something
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- underdevelopedInsufficiently grown or advanced
unpolished · sketchy · rudimentary · half-baked · rough · deficient · imperfect · unrefined
Not yet prepared
- prematureOccurring before expected
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- unequippedLacking necessary tools
immature · unseasoned · green · novice · unpracticed · unproven · rushed · hasty
raw
In original state
pink · red · medium-rare · seared · blue · juicy · tender · tartare · sashimi · carpaccio
unfinished
Not yet complete
- partialFavoring one side
- lackingBeing without something
- insufficientBelow required quantity
underdeveloped · unpolished · sketchy · rudimentary · half-baked · rough · deficient · imperfect · unrefined · tentative
unready
Not yet prepared
- prematureOccurring before expected
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
- untrainedLacking learned skills
unequipped · immature · unseasoned · green · novice · unpracticed · unproven · rushed · hasty · ill-prepared
- cooking flawsburned, overcooked, scorched, raw, bland
- food qualitiesripe, unripe, overripe, fresh, spoiled
- Steak Donenessrare, medium rare, medium, medium well, blue rare
- Undercookedraw, rare, underbaked, uncooked, raw meat
- unfinishedincomplete, unfinished, partial, half-formed, rudimentary
- food qualitydelicious, tasty, bland, fresh, flavorful