undone
Use Undone in a sentence
adjective
not done; not accomplished or completed.
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verb
1.
past participle of undo.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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verb (used with object), un·did, un·done, un·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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undo (ʌnˈduː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -does, -doing, -did, -done | |
| 1. | (also intr) to untie, unwrap, or open or become untied, unwrapped, etc |
| 2. | to reverse the effects of |
| 3. | to cause the downfall of |
| 4. | obsolete to explain or solve |
| un'doer | |
| —n | |
| undone1 (ʌnˈdʌn) | |
| —adj | |
| not done or completed; unfinished | |
| undone2 (ʌnˈdʌn) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | ruined; destroyed |
| 2. | unfastened; untied |
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Word Origin & History
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
that was done." Undoing "action of bringing to ruin" is recorded from late 14c.
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Example sentences
People who think they know how to run the world generally have housekeeping that's going undone.
Both plays are about visionaries of a sort who exist to be undone.
If there is a fee, it may be worth it to you to talk with a lawyer before you take steps that cannot be undone.
But all of that good is being undone by a single disease.
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