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Webster 1913 Edition

Underdo

Unˊder-do′

,
Verb.
I.
To do less than is requisite or proper; – opposed to
overdo
.
Grew.

Unˊder-do′

,
Verb.
T.
To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently;
as, to
underdo
the meat
; – opposed to
overdo
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Underdo

UNDERDO

, v.i.
1.
To act below one's abilities.
2.
To do less than is requisite.

Definition 2025

underdo

underdo

English

Verb

underdo ‎(third-person singular simple present underdoes, present participle underdoing, simple past underdid, past participle underdone)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To put under, subject.
  2. (transitive) To do something insufficiently; especially to undercook.
  3. (intransitive) To act below one's abilities; do less than one can.
  4. (intransitive) To do less than is requisite.

Anagrams

Etymology

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”).

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