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as in exhausted
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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
John Niyo, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
The Rockets were unnerved and eventually undone.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Stacey Vanek Smith, Bloomberg, 23 Apr. 2026
Many of Perkins’ Democratic successors have watched sadly as their efforts have been undone with a change in administrations.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
But therein lies the danger with what the Pistons have done here, while coming undone themselves.
—John Niyo, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
The Rockets were unnerved and eventually undone.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
See how the story changed during the trial, and whether the damage to San Francisco can be undone.
—Stacey Vanek Smith, Bloomberg, 23 Apr. 2026
Many of Perkins’ Democratic successors have watched sadly as their efforts have been undone with a change in administrations.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undone
Adjective
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Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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The images featured Williams striking several poses while standing in knee-deep waters, wearing a yellow, one-piece swimsuit with a cutout in the center and an untied bowtie.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But Butcher spent much of season four confined to a hospital bed, and as the season neared its end, Urban wasn’t exhausted.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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Maxey has looked exhausted in the first two games of the series and scored just five points in the second half after scoring 19 in the game’s first 24 minutes.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Verb
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She's been paralyzed ever since.—
Donald Fountain,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Read her 2022 New Yorker feature on how the inability to amend America’s most important document has left the nation paralyzed.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Verb
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His arrival on the show culminated in one of reality TV’s most memorable fallouts as Montag’s friendship with Conrad unraveled on-screen.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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All of that unraveled when he was caught on video outlining all of his crimes to an undercover agent in 2022.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Yachty distracted referee Daphanie LaShaunn and Sami Zayn used a candy cane stick on Trick Williams.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Others said the changes have distracted Target from basics such as consistent stocking of groceries and having a balanced mix of national brands alongside its private labels.—
Star Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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His vibrant original compositions were faithfully reproduced using stencil and combined with an original text written by the artist to form the unbound book.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Beginning March 7, the Art Institute of Chicago will be displaying an exhibition featuring a colorful unbound book of late-career works by French artist Henri Matisse.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But civil libertarians are unnerved about casting such a wide dragnet that captures highly personal information from hundreds or perhaps thousands of people who aren’t criminals.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Rockets were unnerved and eventually undone.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Lord in your convent frightened me, Jesus with his bloody palms and gaping mouth, eyes rolled back in terror.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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Lee Cronin was both flattered and frightened when Jason Blum suggested titling his The Mummy reimagining as Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Undone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undone. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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