underdone

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not cooked or browned enough

   The center of the roast was still underdone.

2. 2
   adj

   figurative: insufficiently developed, finished, or matured

   The proposal felt underdone and needed more research.

Formed from under-, indicating insufficiency, and done. The figurative sense extends insufficient cooking to ideas, work, or development.

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