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undone

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un⋅done

1  [uhn-duhn]
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–adjective
not done; not accomplished or completed.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME un-dun. See un- 1 , done

un⋅done

2  [uhn-duhn]
–verb
1. pp. of undo.
–adjective
2. brought to destruction or ruin.
3. unfastened.

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.).
6. to open (a package, wrapping, etc.).
7. Archaic. to explain; interpret.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE undōn; c. D ontdoen. See un- 2 , do 1

Related forms:
un⋅do⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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un·do   (ŭn-dōō')   
v.   un·did (-dĭd'), un·done (-dŭn'), un·do·ing (-dōō'ĭng), un·does (-dŭz')

v.   tr.

  1. To reverse or erase; annul: impossible to undo the suffering caused by the war.

  2. To untie, disassemble, or loosen: undo a shoelace.

  3. To open (a parcel, for example); unwrap.

    1. To cause the ruin or downfall of; destroy.

    2. To throw into confusion; unsettle.

  5. Obsolete To solve or interpret; unravel.

v.   intr.
To come open or unfastened.
un·do'er n.
un·done   (ŭn-dŭn')   
v.  Past participle of undo.
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