undone
adjectiveadjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- //ʌnˈdʌn//
Not done.
adjective
- 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
Not fastened.
Your flies are undone.
- 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
Also a form of undopast participle of undo