underseason

English

Alternative forms

  • under-season

Etymology

From under- +‎ season.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underseason (third-person singular simple present underseasons, present participle underseasoning, simple past and past participle underseasoned)

  1. (transitive) To season (flavour) insufficiently.
    • 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 113:
      The Captain watched as I set the bowl down on my coffee table. “Do you think it needs pepper?” I asked, worried I under-seasoned it.