[
UK
/ʌndˈʌn/
]
[ US /ənˈdən/ ]
[ US /ənˈdən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not fastened or tied or secured
his shoelaces were undone
her blouse had come undone at the neck -
thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence
price programs became unstuck because little grain was available -
not done
the work could be done or undone and nobody cared - doomed to extinction
How To Use undone In A Sentence
- What is done cannot be undone.
- The shirt was that little bit too pink, there was one button too many left carefully-casually undone and the tan was a shade and a half too dark.
- I observed his verdant chest hair because he had left the top two buttons of his shirt undone. Times, Sunday Times
- Punch investors are worried it will be undone by its huge debt pile and its fruitless attempt to stem the tide of drinking at home. Times, Sunday Times
- A poll showed 75 per cent of men often go out with three buttons undone on their shirts. The Sun
- Nought is left undone but the inearthing of the dead.
- In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever.
- Only the outline has been cut out and then something happened, leaving the work forever undone.
- My errand will remain undone for another day, milk stockpiling and likely to go to waste in the fridge for a lack of freezer bags, check undeposited. Stockholm Syndrome Would Be Welcome
- Another benefit is that any spell can be un-cast, any effect can be undone.