undersalt
Add too little
To undersalt is to add too little salt, leaving food bland or flat-tasting: I'd rather undersalt than oversalt—you can always add more at the table.
The word appears mostly in cooking contexts, often as a past participle: The soup was undersalted.
cooking
Add insufficient seasoning
- blandLacking distinctive qualities
- underseasonedInsufficiently flavored with spices
- tastelessHaving no flavor
- flatLacking vertical variation
insipid · mild · subtle · low-sodium · underflavored · pallid · weak · muted
underseason
Add insufficient seasoning
- blandLacking distinctive qualities
- underseasonedInsufficiently flavored with spices
- tastelessHaving no flavor
flat · insipid · mild · subtle · low-sodium · underflavored · pallid · weak · muted · plain
seasoning level
undersaltoversalt
Season too heavily
overseason · overseasoned · salt to taste · cure · brine