Used in a Sentence

undone

How to use undone in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for undone.

Editorial note

But just like his dumb ass comments posting photos cannot be undone.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of undone gathered in one view.

adjective

not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared"

adjective

doomed to extinction

adjective

not fastened or tied or secured; "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for undone.

adjective

not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared"

adjective

not fastened or tied or secured; "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone"

adjective

thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available"

Example sentences

1

But just like his dumb ass comments posting photos cannot be undone.

2

As a leading engineer at both Reddit and Netflix, you've undone all of that. Well done.

3

At least the story flagging can be undone, though the other actions cannot be. But that's only if I care enough to do so.

4

The terror and repurcussions of our reaction to 9/11 can still be undone. We recovered from McCarthyism.

5

Other than the potential of things yet undone and the ability to eat whatever I liked without gaining weight, there's not a hell of a lot I would want back from my 20s. I love getting older.

6

But we have not seen them undone. In my life this has been consistently the case- Bush didn't undo the "you must lend to people who can't repay" regulations of Clinton with the unsurprising result.

7

A twist that can be undone by a software-update making it impossible to prevent the device from saving it. Did you know Android-KitKat comes with ScreenRecording?

8

Proxy apps simply don't cut it: they're either read only or have access to my credentials, and generally they appear to reach 90% of their development, and leave the remaining 90% undone. > We go through this every now and then.

9

Eventually, important items left undone become emergencies themselves. Moral of the story: No matter how little time you have, always take some time to plan, to prioritize.

10

Since the phase is recovered at the receiver the dispersion accumulated in the fiber can be undone in DSP with a long enough FIR filter. So the need for dispersion compensation is gone with coherent optical.

11

As he fell, the folly of his haste occurred to him with merciless clearness, the vastness of what he had left undone. There flashed through his brain, clearer than ever before, the blue of Adriatic water, the yellow of Algerian sands." Think about the "vastness of things left undone": Have you chatted with a homeless person in winter?

12

Sure things are fucked up, but I sure would exit in a pretty shitty situation: things undone, house a mess, porn not properly deleted from the computer, finances not in order, etc. So I won't do it today.

13

The Athenians, acting entirely within the limits of their constitution, eventually came undone. In the process they killed Socrates for asking annoying questions and wracked the Peloponnesian peninsula in war for many years, which is how they came undone.

14

The good and useful work of duplicating and verifying results goes undone, and scientists are driven ever more forcefully towards designing studies only on the basis of what will attract grant agencies. Duplicating major results carefully would be useful to the scientific record.

15

Those of us who were following the case before Aaron's tragic episode knew that a great injustice was being perpetrated, but that it could not realistically be undone until after the damage had happened. Ms. Ortiz and Mr. Heymann should be held accountable for their decision to use charges far out of proportion to the damage done.

16

The bad news: if such assignments are done as true assignments, the Righthaven model still works, or at least is not undone be a congenital defect that can't be overcome in future cases. Kudos to EFF for splendid work in pounding through the fake exterior of these cases and sending them to perdition, for that is surely where they will land after this revelation.

17

Everything we do, will ultimately be undone, if you extend the time horizon long enough. The greatest scientists, inventors, football players and political leaders get forgotten after a few generations, in fact whole civilizations have been living on this very earth, and were since erased from its surface, many of which we might have not a single trace left of.

18

Regarding all the suggestions to change search engines: Deleting the Google search entry is not an action that can easily be undone, and it will have drastic consequences, such as permanently disabling suggestions and instant for omnibox searches. Creating an alternate entry with the same URL does NOT suffice -- you can't manually enable any of this functionality on the alternate entry.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use undone in a sentence?

But just like his dumb ass comments posting photos cannot be undone.

What does undone mean?

not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared"

What part of speech is undone?

undone is commonly used as adjective.