underseason
Add too little
To underseason food is to add too little salt, pepper, or other seasonings, leaving the dish bland or flat-tasting.
The opposite of overseason.
Common in cooking advice and recipe reviews: The soup was underseasoneed—it needed more salt.
Home cooks often underseason out of excessive caution.
flavorless
Having no taste
- tastelessHaving no flavor
- insipidWithout flavor or interest
- undersaltedInsufficiently flavored with NaCl
vapid · flat · savorless · mild · weak · watery · pallid · muted · subtle · underwhelming
adjust
Change to fit better
- taste testComparing samples for preference
- reseasonSeason food again
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
tweak · enhance · boost · intensify · correct · salvage · remedy · rescue · improve · amplify
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