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un·done
(ŭn-dŭn′)v.
Past participle of undo.
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undone
(ʌnˈdʌn)adj
1. not done or completed; unfinished
2. ruined; destroyed
3. unfastened; untied
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un•done1
(ʌnˈdʌn)adj.
not done; not accomplished.
[1250–1300]
un•done2
(ʌnˈdʌn)v.
1. pp. of undo.
adj. 2. brought to destruction or ruin.
3. unfastened.
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Adj. | 1. | undone - not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared" unfinished - not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished" |
2. | undone - doomed to extinction unsuccessful - not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome | |
3. | undone - not fastened or tied or secured; "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone" unfastened - not closed or secured; "the car door was unfastened"; "unfastened seatbelts" | |
4. | undone - thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available" disorganised, disorganized - lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate" |
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undone
1adjective unfinished, left, outstanding, not done, neglected, omitted, incomplete, passed over, unfulfilled, not completed, unperformed, unattended to She left nothing undone that needed attention.
done, finished, complete, performed, fulfilled, accomplished, attended to
done, finished, complete, performed, fulfilled, accomplished, attended to
undone
2adjective (Literary) ruined, destroyed, overcome, hapless, forlorn, prostrate, wretched He is undone by his lack of inner substance.
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Translations
غَيْر مَعْمول
nedodělaný
ugjort
el nem végzett
ófullgerîur
odpetodvezan
bitmemişyapılmamış
undone
[ˈʌnˈdʌn]A. PP of undo
B. ADJ
1. (= unfastened) [clasp, blouse] → desabrochado; [zip, flies] → abierto; [tie, shoelace, knot] → desatado; [hair] → despeinado
to come undone [button] → desabrocharse; [parcel] → desatarse
to come undone [button] → desabrocharse; [parcel] → desatarse
2. (= not yet done) → por hacer
his desk was piled with work as yet undone → su escritorio estaba amontonado de trabajo por hacer
to leave sth undone → dejar algo sin hacer
his desk was piled with work as yet undone → su escritorio estaba amontonado de trabajo por hacer
to leave sth undone → dejar algo sin hacer
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
undone
[ˌʌnˈdʌn] adj (= unfastened) [shoelaces, buttons, zip, knot] → défait(e)
to come undone [blouse, dress, shoelaces, buttons, zip, knot] → se défaire
to come undone [blouse, dress, shoelaces, buttons, zip, knot] → se défaire
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undone
ptp of undo
adj
(= neglected) task, work → unerledigt; to leave something undone → etw ungetan lassen; we have left undone what we ought to have done (Rel) → wir haben unser Tagwerk nicht getan
(= cancelled out) she has seen her life’s work undone → sie musste zusehen, wie ihr Lebenswerk zerstört wurde
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undo
(anˈduː) – past tense unˈdid (-ˈdid) : past participle unˈdone (-ˈdan) – verb1. to unfasten or untie. Could you undo the knot in this string?
2. to reverse, or destroy, the effect of. The evil that he did can never be undone.
unˈdoing noun (the cause of) ruin or disaster. Gambling was his undoing.
unˈdone (-ˈdan) adjective (of work, a task etc) not done, or not finished. I don't like going to bed leaving jobs/work undone.
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