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Allin

undone

adjectiveadjectiveverbattested in dialogue

  • //ʌnˈdʌn//

Not done.

adjective

  1. 1

    Not done.

    Even so, it was found necessary to leave certain tasks undone.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English done English undone From un- + done.

adjective

  1. 1

    Not fastened.

    Your flies are undone.

  2. 2

    Ruined; brought to nought.

    Woe is me, for I am utterly undone!

    Your hopes are murdered and undone.

Etymology

From Middle English undon, from Old English ondōn, from Proto-Germanic *andadōnaz, past participle of *andadōną (“to undo”), equivalent to undo + -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Dutch ontdaan (“stripped, undone, upset”).

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of undopast participle of undo

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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