UNDONE Synonyms: 198 Similar and Opposite Words

undone 1 of 2

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

Between latte makeup and toasty makeup, bronzer-heavy, neutral-toned trends have dominated our feeds for the past few seasons, continuing this summer with more of an undone, effortless feel. — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 9 July 2026 An architecture that can be undone treats autonomy as something built in, not merely promised. — Tetiana Aleksandrova, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Verb

The key to passing legislation is treating all energy equally and making clear that final permits cannot be undone based on political bias on the left or the right. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 9 July 2026 The effect was destabilizing, researchers said, but many of those initiatives have since been overturned in court, and yet more could still be undone. — Damian Garde, STAT, 9 July 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 the District Court upholds the denial, your application is considered exhausted.

— Brian Sloan, CNBC, 21 July 2026
OpenAI moved ChatGPT Business agents to metered credits July 6, and Anthropic now bills agent workloads against credit pools that stop when exhausted.

— TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

Lindsay Clancy, who was paralyzed by the injuries from her suicide attempt, was charged with three counts of murder and strangulation in her children’s deaths.

— Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
In fact, if the knife had landed a centimeter to the left, she would have been paralyzed.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026

Definition of paralyzed

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Although the extramarital affair made headlines at the time of Schettino’s trial, there was no evidence presented to say that he was distracted as a result of Cemortan’s presence.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Roschelle had seemed distracted lately, going to a bunch of doctors’ appointments, talking to Sapphire late at night.

— Jessica Contrera, New Yorker, 13 July 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

The resultant sonic boom shock waves frequently shattered windows, cracked building walls, and unnerved citizens within earshot.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
The China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, the Navy’s largest base for developing and testing weapons of warfare, suffered billions of dollars in damage, and the fact that the second quake was scarier than the first unnerved many Californians.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of unnerved

Verb

In those moments, what frightened her most was not her own safety but the knowledge that her husband was up there somewhere, flying in the same sky swarming with fighter planes dropping their bombs on Tehran.

— Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026
At the time of writing, as the Marine Traffic map shows, tanker traffic is barely moving through the Strait, and many ships, unable to obtain insurance or with their owners frightened at the level of risk involved, are refusing to advance.

— Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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