undoing
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4.2
- noun
- /ʌnˈduːɪŋ/
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- I saw no way of undoing what I had done.
Every minute that goes by that this decision is undone is a choice.
- Every minute that goes by that this decision is undone is a choice.
- I saw no way of undoing what I had done.
- So it's like, Oh yeah, we we get about like one extra month, you know, because it, it undoes all of that.
- I, you know, and, you know, undoing everything Jack Welch did and getting capitalism rebalanced.
- It happens so quickly and undoing it is so complicated and there's no easy solution.
- Can we go for this work of deprogrammation, this concept of a mindful practice of undoing the habit of bias.
- But once we did have a conversation, then to answer a question a little differently, then it took us about three years to undo what we had done.
- So like undoing or not undoing, but like acknowledging that's one path, not the only path.
Examples
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What I see happening now is the undoing of what King did.
Blog text (12) -
A lot of the first things were just undoing the other person's past four years.
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The biggest thing about doing is the undoing that people don't see.
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We were seeing before our eyes an undoing of the primordial act of order.
Blog text (5) -
A major undoing of these burdensome laws and regulations needs to happen along with a major overhaul of the current tax system.
Blog text (1) -
But once we did have a conversation, then to answer a question a little differently, then it took us about three years to undo what we had done.
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Patten was obviously reluctant to see the undoing of all the efforts made in the past for reforming the political and constitutional system in Hong Kong, much of which took place during his tenure and under his own guidance.
Academic text (1998) -
As I understand the teachings of ACIM, forgiveness is the undoing of fear, meaning you extract your identity (or that of someone "else" being forgiven) from belief in fear.
Blog text (34) -
The penchant for cannibalizing rival administrations has built to a crescendo since the end of the Cold War and is now reaching a climax in the retroactive undoing of Bush initiatives.
Academic text (2009) -
After realizing his mistake, he spent hours considering how to reverse the undoing of his initial decision.
Synonyms
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4.2
A change to the opposite direction or position, for example when wind turns
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6.9
A return to an earlier state or condition
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6.1
The act of ending or destroying something that existed before
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6.7
Cancelling the effect of something that was done earlier
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6.3
An action that reduces or stops the effect of something
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5.5
Changing a previous promise, decision, or opinion
A decision to stop a journey and go back because of a problem
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Undoing comes from un- 'reverse' and do 'to act'. So it literally means 'doing the opposite' or 'canceling', which is why it refers to the act of reversing a previous action.