UNDONE Synonyms: 198 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of undone

as in untied

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as in exhausted

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undone

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verb

past participle of undo

as in paralyzed

to deprive of courage or confidence the sudden shriek undid the campers

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as in unraveled

to disengage the knotted parts of undo a tangled shoelace

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as in distracted

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy the mere mention of the home invasion still had the power to undo her

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Recent Examples of undone

Adjective

The duo leaned all the way into the era’s punk-rock aesthetic, serving the kind of rebellious, perfectly undone style that practically defined the early aughts. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026 The appearance of college can endure, even as its spirit—a community organized for the education and formation of young people—comes undone. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

Verb

The transformations that have decimated protest movements—undone by digitization, atomization, and the evanescence of online life—have also affected shame and its ability to mediate social norms without the intervention of the state. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026 After a rancher’s dog discovered a ferret colony in Wyoming, scientists rallied to save the species nearly undone by humans’ ravenous expansion. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undone

Recent Examples of Synonyms for undone

Adjective

While Salomon sneakers are, in part, known for their shoelaces that never come untied, this pair doesn’t have any at all.

— Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026

Definition of untied

Adjective

If a year in, the founder is still in every meeting and the new hire is the most exhausted person in the building, the company did not hire an operator.

— Ken Paskins, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
That loaded the bases, and Christian Yelich then greeted an exhausted Yamamoto with a two-run single.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

Douglas says his father’s behavior left him and his brother Joel frightened.

— Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
But the more productive expansion has to do with character, especially as regards Carrie and her mother, who is not the deranged, abusive religious fanatic of previous versions, but an essentially loving parent frightened of the modern world.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of frightened

Verb

Rice said when Perera was released from the hospital, the working relationship unraveled as well as the romantic one.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
After his mother’s death in 1990, Cooper’s relationship with his father unraveled, and he was soon drawn to the music he’d been taught to avoid.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of unraveled

Verb

And not be distracted by whether or not Ed Sheeran is crying today or crying tomorrow.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
But she, and New York Times journalists observing the raid, were soon distracted by a group of cockroaches scurrying past an oil canister.

— Zishaan a Latif, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of distracted

Adjective

Is realism based only on minds untouched by illness or some other distorting factor, or at least not so touched that that mind becomes, as my grandmother’s is, unbound?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Then the coach known as the most impulsive man on an NFL sideline runs that stop sign, grits his teeth and breaks unbound into character.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026

Definition of unbound

Adjective

Those loans are backed by private-credit firms’ own loans, a debt pile that has unnerved regulators.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Regardless of their opinion about Denmark, Greenlanders are becoming aware of, and are unnerved by, this semi-covert, sometimes glaringly obvious American pressure.

— Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026