undone

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈdʌn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Etymology 1

From un- +‎ done.

Adjective

undone (not comparable)

1. Not done.
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

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

Etymology 2

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”).

Adjective

undone (not comparable)

1. Not fastened.

   Your flies are undone.

2. Ruined; brought to nought.

   Woe is me, for I am utterly undone!

Translations

unfastened

• Maori: matoha, matara
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: desamarrado, solto (pt)

brought to nought

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Verb

undone

1. past participle of undo

Derived terms

• come undone
• undoneness

Anagrams

• nouned