Undercook

//ʌndɚ.kʊk// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A subordinate cook.

    "Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)"

Verb
  1. 1
    To cook insufficiently. transitive
  2. 2
    To underdo. figuratively, transitive

    "Liverpool needed a break and they got it at the beginning of the second half, from, of all things, a misplaced City pass. Aké was the culprit, undercooking his attempt to go back to Ederson and seeing Núñez steal in. He toed it away from the goalkeeper and was promptly cleaned out by him."

Synonyms

All synonyms
chef de partieline cooksous-chefstation chefsubchefsubcook

Example

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"Liverpool needed a break and they got it at the beginning of the second half, from, of all things, a misplaced City pass. Aké was the culprit, undercooking his attempt to go back to Ederson and seeing Núñez steal in. He toed it away from the goalkeeper and was promptly cleaned out by him."

Etymology

From under- + cook.

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