undersalt

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ salt

Verb[edit]

undersalt (third-person singular simple present undersalts, present participle undersalting, simple past and past participle undersalted)

  1. (transitive) To season (food) with too little salt.
    • 2007 October 17, Mark Bittman, “Serving Pasta? Forget What You Learned”, in New York Times[1]:
      We also learned we overcooked it, undersalted the water and often used the wrong shape.