undone
- adjective
- /ʌnˈdʌn/
- She stared at the page, frustrated by the number of assignments still undone.
- left undone
To leave this work undone is to negate our kind of love for him.
- To leave this work undone is to negate our kind of love for him.
- What kind of projects did I love that I feel like are undone?
- It teaches explains what should be done and what should be left undone.
- Like, I love the Taoist saying the master does nothing yet leaves nothing undone.
- It orders our lives, guides our conduct, shows us what we should do and what we should leave undone.
Examples
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Of course, she had hoped for many things, beginning with herself, things done and things left undone.
Fiction book (1993) -
I trust you'll find I've left nothing undone to make you comfortable.
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Things let undone or not done at all
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To leave nothing undone, nothing to chance.
Fiction book (1993) -
Look, there are some things in life that are just better left undone.
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What have I left undone?
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To leave this work undone is to negate our kind of love for him.
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What remains undone that you've wanted to get done for years?
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Well, I don't think there are too many things of any importance that will remain undone.
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I don't want to leave anything undone that might detain me.
Synonyms
Not complete and still needing work
Not finished because some parts or steps are missing
Not completed, for example an order not yet sent to a customer
Not finished and still needing more work
Antonyms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Undone comes from the parts un- 'not' and do 'to do', so it literally means 'not done', which is why we use it for work or tasks that are not finished.