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verb
To do something insufficiently; especially, to undercook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: overdo, overcook
verb
To do something insufficiently; especially, to undercook.
To do less than is requisite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: half-ass, shortchange, phone in
Antonyms: overdo, overcook
verb
To do something insufficiently; especially, to undercook.
To act below one's abilities; do less than one can.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive, uncommon
Synonyms: underachieve, slack off
Antonyms: overdo, overcook
verb
To put under, subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English underdon, from Old English underdōn (“to put under”), from Proto-Germanic *under + *dōną (“to put”). Equivalent to under- + do. Cognate with German unterthun (“to put under, subject”).
