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undone

undone

10 2.0
Not finished, still needing work or attention
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈdʌn/
translation icon : sin terminar
  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • Things let undone or not done at all

  • To leave nothing undone, nothing to chance.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Look, there are some things in life that are just better left undone.

  • What have I left undone?

  • To leave this work undone is to negate our kind of love for him.

  • What remains undone that you've wanted to get done for years?

  • Well, I don't think there are too many things of any importance that will remain undone.

  • I don't want to leave anything undone that might detain me.

Synonyms

unfinished
vsundone
132 2.7

Not complete and still needing work

is the general expression for a thing not completed
incomplete
vsundone
117 3.4

Not finished because some parts or steps are missing

focuses on being not finished rather than missing parts
unfulfilled
vsundone
4 4.4

Not completed, for example an order not yet sent to a customer

is a general unfinished state not limited to promises or orders
uncompleted
vsundone
4.0

Not finished and still needing more work

is the broad neutral label for that not finished state

Antonyms

724 1.0

Finished with a task or activity

2 1.0

Complete and no longer needing work

How Complete

complete
497 1.0
undone
10 2.0
unstarted
1 4.3

Surface Forms

undone positive

Morphology

undone = done (transparent) = un + done

Simple negative formation from 'done' meaning 'not finished', which an average learner can infer.

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.