underfired

Meaning

Adj

1. Fired at a low (or excessively low) temperature.
2. Of a cooker: having a heat source that is underneath the food being cooked.

Verb

simple past and past participle of underfire

underfire

1. To heat from below.
2. To intentionally operate a boiler, furnace, oven, etc., at a low level.
3. To burn fuel at less than the desired level, thus not providing heat efficiently.
4. To fire at a low (or excessively low) temperature.

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Synonyms

unburnt

underburned

underburnt

Hyphenated as

un‧der‧fir‧ed

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌndəˌfaɪəd/

Etymology

From under- (prefix meaning ‘underneath; insufficiently’) + fired, or underfire + -ed.