Meaning & use
undone
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Not completed or finished, or in a state of being unfastened or emotionally distressed.
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The report was left undone when she suddenly fell ill.
News of his father's death left him completely undone.
A note on using this word
Functions as the past participle of both 'do' and 'undo,' giving it distinct senses of 'unfinished' and 'unfastened' or 'devastated.'
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