1
: not done : not performed or finished
some tasks left undone
2
: not fastened or tied
My shoelace is undone.
3
old-fashioned
: defeated or destroyed
was vanquished and undone
Examples of undone in a Sentence
There were still some tasks left undone.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
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Glenn ripped himself for allowing his team to come undone after Hall’s fumble.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
And in October 2025, her daughter emulated mom's rosy glow and undone hair in the same dress at the PAC NYC Icons of Culture Gala alongside dad Michael Douglas.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Written by Noah Oppenheim, Dynamite is largely a movie about structures and processes and readiness in the face of chaos—and how even the most competent and prepared authorities can still become undone by it.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Glenn ripped himself for allowing his team to come undone after Hall’s fumble.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Undone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undone. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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undone
adjective
un·done
ˌən-ˈdən 
: not done
an undone task
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