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undone

un·done
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uhn-duhn]
    • /ʌnˈdʌn/
    • /ʌnˈdʌn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhn-duhn]
    • /ʌnˈdʌn/

Definitions of undone word

  • adjective undone brought to destruction or ruin. 1
  • abbreviation UNDONE unfastened. 1
  • verb undone past participle of undo. 1
  • verb with object undone to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone. 1
  • verb with object undone to do away with; erase; efface: to undo the havoc done by the storm. 1
  • verb with object undone to bring to ruin or disaster; destroy: In the end his lies undid him. 1
See all 24 definitions of undone

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Origin of undone

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300, undone is from the Middle English word un-dun. See un-1, done

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Parts of speech for Undone

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Undone

undone popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

undone usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for undone

adj undone

  • at large — You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
  • at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
  • beaten — Beaten earth has been pressed down, often by people's feet, until it is hard.
  • dead duck — If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding.

adjective undone

  • killed — Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).
  • worsted — that which is worst.
All 25 Synonyms of undone

Antonyms for undone

adj undone

  • all in — If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
  • all over — All over a place means in every part of it.
  • crisped — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
  • done — past participle of do1 .

adjective undone

  • fastened — to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
  • zipped — zero or nothing: The score of last night's hockey game was 4–zip.
All 6 Antonyms of undone

Top questions with undone

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Related words

  • undo

    to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.

  • gordian

    pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.

  • indissoluble

    not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.

  • inextricable

    from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.

  • lorn

    forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.

  • unknit

    to untie or unfasten (a knot, tangle, etc.); unravel (something knitted); undo.
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