underseasoned

adjectiveC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speech — seasoned sits at #8,394Too rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Underseasoned means not given enough salt or spice. An underseasoned soup, slightly underseasoned, underseasoned throughout.

It is the commonest fault in home cooking and the easiest to fix, since salt can be added at the end and never taken out. Chefs season in layers as they cook rather than once at the finish.

Definitions of underseasoned

1adjectiveunderseasonedNot given enough salt or spice.C1
“The soup was underseasoned, so she added more salt and a little pepper.”

underseasoned is a quality.

Where it comes from

Under plus seasoned, from season in the sense of flavouring food.

From under + seasoned.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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