undone
9
4.5
- adjective
- /ʌnˈdʌn/
:
sin efecto
- The world as we know it is coming undone.
- come undone
- completely undone
- get undone
I think it's meant to be like like a messy, undone, Beachy look.
- I think it's meant to be like like a messy, undone, Beachy look.
- And they're like, Sir, coming undone.
Examples
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A big section came undone.
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I was undone.
Fiction book (1992) -
Another such victory and we are undone.
Fiction book (1997) -
For long seconds he stood thus, clearly undone, overwhelmed, his secret out.
Fiction book (2000) -
And though he had been married awhile, it was not happy, and the marriage was coming undone.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the end, he stands before his father, bloodied and undone.
Academic text (2011) -
There's so much undone, so much I don't understand.
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We are undone.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm coming undone.
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After the storm, the garden was left completely undone, with plants uprooted and debris everywhere.
Synonyms
38
3.1
Not in a clear order or plan
1
7.2
Put into confusion or disorder so it no longer works as planned
1
4.1
Not put in order and left messy
Not neat or in order
Not in order and untidy after being moved
Mixed together in a confused and untidy way
Antonyms
How Organized
- US
19
2.0
11
1.0
- US
38
3.1
9
4.5
- Informal
1
5.5
116
4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Undone also uses un- 'reverse' and do 'to do'; imagine pulling a thread and a neat plan comes apart, which is why undone can mean ruined or in disorder.