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Definition of undonenext

undone

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verb

past participle of undo
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of undone
Adjective
Even a sensational move around the outside of another car can be quickly undone on the next straight. Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 15 July 2026 In the scene, massive logs strapped to a moving truck come undone and trigger multiple horrific deaths on a highway, with one log smashing through a state trooper’s car window and beheading him. Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
Verb
Election officials warn that making changes so close to the election could affect whether eligible voters receive ballots and create errors that cannot be undone. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 And studies have shown that Chinese AI censorship can be undone by tweaking the open-weight models. J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 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
Adjective
  • The offense was unproductive, the bullpen exhausted and starters gassed after several extra-inning games and three sticky games against the Cardinals.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Such weapons are proving increasingly difficult for Kyiv to shoot down, with supplies of US Patriot interceptors – one of the few systems capable of taking down ballistic missiles pretty much exhausted.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • According to a civil wrongful death lawsuit filed by Lindsay's ex-husband Patrick Clancy, the 36-year-old is paralyzed below the sternum.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Collette’s sister said doctors told the family that Josh Collette was paralyzed from the neck down.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • While nearly 30 players were given the ball cap and figurative clipboard to watch from the sidelines, key position battles unraveled in the desert in the team’s win.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Viewers will remember that Ramona and Annie switched places at the end of Season 1 once the sisters unraveled some family secrets.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • You’re not distracted by the clients waiting behind you or the sense that someone is watching and waiting for your chair to open up.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • If it is blocked, both studios could emerge from the litigation having spent a year distracted and constrained while the rest of the industry moved forward.
    Cory Jacobson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
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
Adjective
  • Have these tumultuous real-world consequences unnerved Roberts?
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The resultant sonic boom shock waves frequently shattered windows, cracked building walls, and unnerved citizens within earshot.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The rising cost of health care has frightened many people, including those with health insurance.
    Cara Kelly, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The aggressive approach deeply disrupted and frightened the participants.
    Kimmie Gordon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Undone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undone. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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