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Meanings of underdone in inglés

Insufficiently cooked.

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Examples for "half-baked"
Examples for "half-baked"
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He thought that giving it up was one of my half-baked ideas.
The Bent Twig
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Passing off a risky, half-baked gamble as growth strategy smacks of desperation.
Reuters
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Then the half-baked, tongue-tied fellow came over and gobbled at him eagerly.
Cow-Country
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For now, half-baked laws are a nuisance rather than a real drag.
Reuters
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The U.S. clampdown on tax-driven cross-border M&A should deter half-baked pharma deals.
Reuters
Usage of underdone in inglés
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The potatoes were hard, the beef was underdone, the pastry was heavy.
The Cathedral: A Novel
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I hate the Germans because they are underdone, they are red meat.
This Is the End
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Be particular about this, as underdone macaroni is not a pleasant dish.
The Healthy Life Cook Book, 2d ed.
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They simply prescribed a dietary regimen of underdone meat and quinine wine.
The Fortune of the Rougons
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They might say of her, on the contrary, that she is underdone.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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Cold pork, now, especially if underdone, might produce this sort of thing.
Lady Audley's Secret
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Yet his competitive spirit would not let him go in underdone.
The Guardian
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The man spoke English with the usual mission-school air suggestive of underdone pie.
The Eye of Zeitoon
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You may be no more than an underdone bit of potato.
Pet Sematary
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And soaked up all the thick gravy with the Empire Diner's underdone fries.
The talisman
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You can't fancy an angel or a Mahatma devouring underdone beef.'
Marm Lisa
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Hain't underdone it, and hain't overdone it a mite hev you?
Coniston — Volume 04
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The tax bracket changes were "welcome compensation" but were underdone, he said.
Radio NZ
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There was never any risk of underdone vegetables and salads weren't a main feature.
Radio NZ
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The Green Grasshopper resembles the English: she dotes on underdone meat seasoned with jelly.
The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
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But the beastly Philip would make himself sick with a surfeit of underdone pork.
The Unseen World, and Other Essays
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