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undone

[uhn-duhn] Origin

un·done

1[uhn-duhn]
adjective
not done; not accomplished or completed.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English un-dun. See un-1, done

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Undone is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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un·done

2[uhn-duhn]
verb
1.
past participle of undo.
adjective
2.
brought to destruction or ruin.

un·do

[uhn-doo]
verb (used with object), -did, -done, -do·ing.
1.
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
2.
to do away with; erase; efface: to undo the havoc done by the storm.
3.
to bring to ruin or disaster; destroy: In the end his lies undid him.
4.
to unfasten by releasing: to undo a gate; to undo a button.
5.
to untie or loose (a knot, rope, etc.).
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6.
to open (a package, wrapping, etc.).
7.
Archaic. to explain; interpret.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English undōn; cognate with Dutch ontdoen. See un-2, do1

un·do·a·ble, adjective

undo, undue.
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undone1 (ʌnˈdʌn)
 
adj
not done or completed; unfinished

undone2 (ʌnˈdʌn)
 
adj
1.  ruined; destroyed
2.  unfastened; untied

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undo
O.E. undon "to unfasten and open" (a window or door), "to unfasten by releasing from a fixed position," from un- (2) + do. Undone "not accomplished" is recorded from c.1300; sense of "destroyed" is recorded from mid-14c.; the notion is of "to annul something
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that was done." Undoing "action of bringing to ruin" is recorded from late 14c.
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