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undone

undone

16 2.0
Not finished, still needing work or attention
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈdʌn/
: 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
130 2.7

Not complete and still needing work

is the general expression for a thing not completed
incomplete
vsundone
108 3.4

Not finished because some parts or steps are missing

focuses on being not finished rather than missing parts
unfulfilled
vsundone
6 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
2 4.0

Not finished and still needing more work

is the broad neutral label for that not finished state

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Finished with a task or activity

767 1.0

Complete and no longer needing work

How Complete

complete
751 1.0
undone
16 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.