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undone

un·done

 (ŭn-dŭn′)

v.

Past participle of undo.

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undone

(ʌnˈdʌn)

adj

1. not done or completed; unfinished

2. ruined; destroyed

3. unfastened; untied

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un•done1

(ʌnˈdʌn)

adj.

not done; not accomplished.

[1250–1300]

un•done2

(ʌnˈdʌn)

v.

adj.

2. brought to destruction or ruin.

3. unfastened.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.1.undone - not doneundone - not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared"

unfinished - not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished"

2.undone - doomed to extinctionundone - doomed to extinction      

unsuccessful - not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

3.undone - not fastened or tied or securedundone - not fastened or tied or secured; "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone"

unfastened - not closed or secured; "the car door was unfastened"; "unfastened seatbelts"

4.undone - thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available"

disorganised, disorganized - lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate"

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undone

1

adjective unfinished, left, outstanding, not done, neglected, omitted, incomplete, passed over, unfulfilled, not completed, unperformed, unattended to She left nothing undone that needed attention.
done, finished, complete, performed, fulfilled, accomplished, attended to

undone

2

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Translations

غَيْر مَعْمول

nedodělaný

ugjort

el nem végzett

ófullgerîur

odpetodvezan

bitmemişyapılmamış

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undone

[ˌʌnˈdʌn] adj

(= unfastened) [shoelaces, buttons, zip, knot] → défait(e)
to come undone [blouse, dress, shoelaces, buttons, zip, knot] → se défaire

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undone

adj

(= unfastened) button, shoelace, tie, hair → offen; to come undone → aufgehen

(= neglected) task, work → unerledigt; to leave something undone → etw ungetan lassen; we have left undone what we ought to have done (Rel) → wir haben unser Tagwerk nicht getan

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undo

(anˈduː) – past tense unˈdid (-ˈdid) : past participle unˈdone (-ˈdan) – verb

1. to unfasten or untie. Could you undo the knot in this string?

2. to reverse, or destroy, the effect of. The evil that he did can never be undone.

unˈdoing noun

(the cause of) ruin or disaster. Gambling was his undoing.

unˈdone (-ˈdan) adjective

(of work, a task etc) not done, or not finished. I don't like going to bed leaving jobs/work undone.

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