Definition of "undercooked"

undercooked

verb
1. simple past and past participle of undercook
adjective
comparative more undercooked, superlative most undercooked
1. Insufficiently cooked, so as to be unpalatable or inedible.
2. Very lightly cooked.
  Quotations
  For the main course, order any of the fresh fish from the blackboard; the swordfish is always wonderful (and nicely undercooked, unless you specify otherwise).
  1987 April, “Restaurants”, in Orange Coast Magazine, volume 13, number 4, page 80
  The yellowfin tuna at a seaside restaurant is nicely undercooked.
  2008, Robert D. Temple, Edge Effects: The Border-name Places, page 214
  She had fixed me a light supper — perfectly undercooked scrambled eggs, rye toast, a sliced orange, and a wedge of gouda cheese.
  2020, Harold Fickett, The Holy Fool: A Novel, page 127
3. (figurative) Done with insufficient energy, enthusiasm, etc.