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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
Carl Anka, New York Times, 3 May 2026
In a video captured by PEOPLE, the actor, 29, is seen adjusting the back of Zendaya's blue and white patterned dress that had seemingly come undone.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Any crumbs of progress that were made after 2020 have been undone with the dismantling of DEI.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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Adjective
United’s good work across the first half came undone due to two big mistakes across a funky 15-minute spell in the second.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 3 May 2026
In a video captured by PEOPLE, the actor, 29, is seen adjusting the back of Zendaya's blue and white patterned dress that had seemingly come undone.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
Ultimately though, Johnson was undone by his own indiscretions.
—Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Any crumbs of progress that were made after 2020 have been undone with the dismantling of DEI.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undone
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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International cave-diving teams are navigating jagged, zero-visibility passages while weighing whether to guide the exhausted, untrained villagers underwater or wait for receding floodwaters, echoing dilemmas from Thailand’s 2018 cave rescue.—
Jintamas Saksornchai,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Rice looked exhausted a few weeks back but returned to form as the season reached its climax.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Based on the author’s experiences with anxiety from his teen years to being struck with Guillain-Barre syndrome as an adult, which paralyzed him for six months.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
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The boy was unconscious for several minutes and temporarily paralyzed, according to the lawsuit.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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Migrations that looked well managed in every update (on schedule, signed off, nothing flagged) often unraveled the moment real customer traffic hit the new environment.—
Liam Dunne,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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In the third, things really unraveled for Woods Richardson and the Twins (27-30).—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2026
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With Cargill distracted, Ripley went on the offensive.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Before his interview with IndieWire can begin, Charles Melton becomes distracted by a wayward eyelash.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
31 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
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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 6 Jun. 2026.
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