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It seemed like my professional life would take a more scientific route. I guess that plan started to become undone when, at the age of 17, I happened upon a screening of Alain Resnais' 'Hiroshima Mon Amour,' and it took my breath away.
Arnon Goldfinger

Meaning of "undone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDONE

undone  [ʌnˈdʌn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Undone is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNDONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Undone

Undone may refer to: In music: ▪ "Undone – The Sweater Song", a 1994 single by Weezer ▪ "Undone", a 1999 song ▪ UndoneUndone ▪ "Undone," a song by Haley Reinhart on Listen Up! ▪ "Undone," a song by Pearl Jam on Lost Dogs ▪ "Undone," a song by DeVotchKa from their album A Mad & Faithful Telling ▪ "Undone," a song from This Is Us ▪ "Undone," a bonus song from Five Finger Death Punch's album War is the Answer ▪ "Undone", a song by No Doubt from their album Push and ShoveUndun, a 2011 album by hip-hop group The Roots ▪ Undun, a song by The Guess Who from their album Canned Wheat In fiction: ▪ Undone, by Paul Jennings ▪ Undone, by Karin Slaughter ▪ Undone, a science fiction comedy series ▪ Elena Undone, a lesbian romance drama...

Definition of undone in the English dictionary

The definition of undone in the dictionary is not done or completed; unfinished.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDONE


done
dʌn
Donne
dʌn
dun
dʌn
outdone
ˌaʊtˈdʌn
overdone
ˌəʊvəˈdʌn
redone
ˌriːˈdʌn
tundun
ˈtʌndʌn
turndun
ˈtɜːndʌn
underdone
ˌʌndəˈdʌn
vodun
vəʊˈdʌn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDONE

undock
undoctored
undoctrinaire
undocumented
undoer
undogmatic
undogmatically
undoing
undomestic
undomesticate
undomesticated
undoomed
undotted
undouble
undoubtable
undoubted
undoubtedly
undoubtful
undoubting
undoubtingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDONE

amidone
chlorthalidone
condone
fordone
foredone
furazolidone
half-done
have done
hydrocodone
methadone
sphendone
trazodone
well-done

Synonyms and antonyms of undone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNDONE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «undone» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of undone

Translation of «undone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDONE

Find out the translation of undone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of undone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «undone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

百废待兴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deshecho
570 millions of speakers

English

undone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूर्ववत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التراجع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отменить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desfeita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসম্পন্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

annulée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dibatalkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rückgängig gemacht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

元に戻す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

취소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Undone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không xong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செயல்தவிர்த்ததை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्ववत केला नाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yapılmamış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

annullata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cofnąć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скасувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anulate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναιρεθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongedaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ogjort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ugjort
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of undone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDONE»

The term «undone» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.542 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDONE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «undone» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «undone» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about undone

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNDONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word undone.
1
Jack Henry Abbott
When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life.
2
Yigal Azrouel
It's just my aesthetic: to want to feel a bit undone, effortless but not without style.
3
Emily Bronte
A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.
4
David Carradine
Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it's bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn't scare me at all.
5
Oswald Chambers
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
6
Jackie Cooper
So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.
7
Rachel Cusk
The woman who thinks she can choose femininity, can toy with it like the social drinker toys with wine - well, she's asking for it, asking to be undone, devoured, asking to spend her life perpetrating a new fraud, manufacturing a new fake identity, only this time it's her equality that's fake.
8
Junot Diaz
People are always fascinated by infidelity because, in the end - whether we've had direct experience or not - there's part of you that knows there's absolutely no more piercing betrayal. People are undone by it.
9
Elizabeth Fry
Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone.
10
Arnon Goldfinger
It seemed like my professional life would take a more scientific route. I guess that plan started to become undone when, at the age of 17, I happened upon a screening of Alain Resnais' 'Hiroshima Mon Amour,' and it took my breath away.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDONE»

Discover the use of undone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to undone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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She's Come Undone
In his extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch an incredible ride on a journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years.
Wally Lamb, 2012
2
Undone!: More Mad Endings
Plans come undone. Zips come undone. Bullies come undone. And so will the readers who try to predict the endings of these eight weird and wonderful stories. 10-12 yrs.
Paul Jennings, 2005
3
Becoming Undone: Darwinian Reflections on Life, Politics, ...
DIVIn Becoming Undone, Elizabeth Grosz addresses three related concepts—life, politics, and art—by exploring the implications of Charles Darwin’s account of the evolution of species.
Elizabeth Grosz, 2011
4
Undone: A Novel
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Karin Slaughter's Unseen.
Karin Slaughter, 2009
5
Sin Undone
HER TOUCH IS DEADLY As the only female Seminus demon ever born, master assassin Sinead Donnelly is used to being treated like an outcast.
Larissa Ione, 2010
6
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War 1914 to 1918
A narrative of the First World War examines the brutal conflict that transformed the face of Europe, paved the way for the Soviet Union and Hitler, and had long lasting repercussions.
G. J. Meyer, 2007
7
Bachelor Undone
Every woman wants him.
Brenda Jackson, 2011
8
Undone by His Touch
Cast into a world of black, Declan Carstairs is a man in torment.
Annie West, 2012
9
Undone
But after their friendship solidifies and a twist of fate yanks Kori away from Serena, she will need to find a way to complete her best friend's life left undone.
Brooke Taylor, 2011
10
Coming Undone
KEEPING IT TOGETHER Brody Brown has always been responsible for others.
Lauren Dane, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term undone is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ohioan again seeks same-sex divorce; 1st request was undone
A woman whose request for a same-sex divorce in Ohio was mistakenly granted and then denied by a judge is seeking a redo months later, after the U.S. ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
2
Review: 'Souvenir Undone' Beckons Its Audience Through Historic …
Commissioned by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Baryshnikov Arts Center, “Souvenir Undone,” featuring moody lighting by Michael Mazzola, is a ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
3
Engineer's divorce comes undone
PETALING JAYA: An engineer's plan to secretly divorce his wife came undone when a British court refused to recognise his dishonestly obtained Malaysian ... «The Star Online, Jun 15»
4
BWW Review: M'DEA UNDONE, Not Your Typical Opera
Adapted from a scene of Euripides' Medea, the Tapestry Opera's latest production of M'DEA UNDONE brings the myth and tragedy of this classic story to modern ... «Broadway World, May 15»
5
Two Gallants Undone
Widely interpreted as an album that offers little hope for humanity, "We Are Undone" may be lyrically depressed, but the February 2015 release throws the same ... «NBC 7 San Diego, May 15»
6
John Colapinto's controversial new novel, Undone, enthralls and …
I recently lent Undone to a co-worker, because it is the kind of troubling book a person needs to press on others. A couple of days later, he wandered back over ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
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Why won't American publishers touch John Colapinto's new novel?
The novel, since rechristened as Undone, arrived in Canadian bookstores – and only Canadian bookstores – last week. Since September, 2013, Colapinto's ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
8
ON WITH THE SHOW: Garage's “Medusa Undone” Well Done
Written by New York playwright Bella Poynton, “Medusa Undone” is a past winner in Panndora's Box “New Works Festival.” Directed by Sonja Berggren ... «Gazette Newspapers, Apr 15»
9
Midway City Manager: Former Manager Left New Fire Station …
The Midway City Manager says her predecessor left the job undone. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for Midway's Fire Station number 2 in August 2013. «WCTV, Feb 15»
10
Washington's craft chocolate industry continues to grow
The data: Two squares (about 1/3 ounce) of Undone chocolate contain 435 milligrams of antioxidants; six ounces of red wine, 323 milligrams; five ounces of ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»

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