undoneadj.¹

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈdʌn/, U.S.

/ˌənˈdən/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Old Frisian ondan (North Frisian ündōn), Middle Dutch ongedaen (Dutch -daan), Middle High German ungetân (German -than, -tan).

a. Not done; unaccomplished, uneffected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out

undonec1380

unsped1390

unperformed1442

unwroughtc1480

unaccomplished1525

unexecuted1585

unled1586

uneffected1592

unacted1594

uncommitted1598

unhatched1601

unachieved1603

unpaida1616

unperpetrated1646

undischarged1709

uninflicted1757

unredeemed1812

untransactedc1825

unenacted1827

undelivered1895

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 90 He mot leue goddis comaundement vndon.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13176 His comandment was noght vn-dun, For he was heued and þat als sun.

a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1187 Hast þou any pylgrimage laft vn-do When þou were i-ioynet þer-to?

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 114 Ȝif..þou leve vnsayd or vndo þat is nedefull..þanne is it dedly synne.

1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 25 Euery parishe..shal lose & forfait .xx.s. for euery moneth, in whiche it is omitted and vndone.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xxi. 110 [They] goe on such pilgrimage, leauing vndone al other houshold or common affaires.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 103 The Publick Business is undone, Which still the longer 'tis in doing, Becomes the surer way to Ruine.

1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen xix Nought done the Hero deem'd, while ought undone remain'd.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxx. 43 I must not..leave at last undone what I came hither only to do.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iv. 126 They went out of the shop together, leaving my horse's shoe undone.

1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 5 If I leave it undone, some one else will do it to my mind.

1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos vi. 74 The sword completed what the fire had left undone.

b. As n. That which is not done.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > leaving undone > that which is not done

arrearagesc1315

arrear1658

undone1872

1872 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) II. 208 The condemnation..is all for the undones and not for the dones.

2. Not done away, not removed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > not removed or done away

withlefta1400

unremoved1455

untaken1483

unextracted1630

undone1679

undisplaced1827

undislodgeda1847

1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 204 While this Vail and face of Covering is undone away.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

undoneadj.²

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈdʌn/, U.S.

/ˌənˈdən/

Etymology: < undo v.

1. Brought to decay or ruin; ruined, destroyed.Chiefly predicative, but the attributive use was not infrequent in the 17th and was common in the 18th century.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective]

fellc1330

undone1340

ruinous?a1439

violablea1470

perniciousc1475

destructive1490

confusible1502

destroying1535

exitiable1548

ruinate1562

peremptory1567

wrackful1578

slaughterous1582

ruinating1595

ruining1605

corrumpent1607

wracksome1608

in suds1611

destructory1614

poisonousa1616

wrakefulc1625

predatory1626

predatorious1641

demolishing1648

untwined1649

undoing1654

destructionable1656

destructful1659

mortal1670

wreckinga1677

fatal1692

quadrumanous1704

interdestructive1805

annihilatory1825

demolitionary1834

ruinatious1845

consumptive1860

thunderous1874

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 136 Hueruore his bodi is ondo, and his inwyt uolueld.

a1400–50 Alexander 1472 We ere dredles vnd one, bot driȝten vs help.

a1450 Mirk's Festial 192 He..ȝaf hym all to foly aftyr, and laft hit neuer til he wer vndon.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. ix Many one is vndone and lost for faulte of obedyence.

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 92 When her stoore was stroyed with the flodd, Then well awaye for she vndone was clene.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 38 Kepe hop from Sonne, and hop is vndonne [1577 vndone].

1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one iii. sig. D4^v That Wit-good is a riotous, vndon man.

1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 48 The low and undone condition they have brought themselves into by their sins.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 89 England commonly beareth the whole burthen, and charge, whereby many in England are utterly undone.

1724 J. Swift Let. to Mr. Harding 11 We are all undone if Wood's Half-pence must pass.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. iv. 117 I am the most miserable, undone Wretch upon Earth.

1810 G. Crabbe Borough xiv. 193 Blaney, a wealthy Heir at twenty-one, At twenty-five was ruin'd and undone.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lvi. 558 I am undone. Whichever way I turn, I am undone.

a1864 J. F. Ferrier Lect. Greek Philos. (1866) I. xii. 348 A soul without justice..is a soul undone.

2. Unfastened, untied, detached, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > loosened, unfastened, or untied

yloused1387

unlokec1410

undone1565

loosened1680

diffixed1727

unreeved1730

dissoluteda1777

adrift1834

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Vincla resoluta, loosed or vndoone.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 123 The outer bandage of a wound in your bridle-hand coming undone.

1884 W. S. Gilbert Princess Ida ii Let all your things misfit, and yourselves At inconvenient moments come undone.

Phrases

to come undone: to come to grief.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > come to grief

misfareOE

miswendOE

misferec1275

misspeeda1387

miscarryc1387

mischieve?a1400

to catch copper1530

to lose one's seatc1540

mischief1598

to bu(r)st one's boiler1824

to come to grief1850

to come (also go) a mucker1851

to come (fall, get) a cropper1858

mucker1862

to go or be up the flume1865

to come undone1899

to play smash1903

to come to a sticky end1904

to come unstuck1911

1899 Sketch 1 Nov. 84/1 The Oban ‘boom’ came badly undone... But let us suppose Oban had won, what would the other owners with horses in the race have said about the handicap?

1922 Notes & Queries 9 Sept. 207/2 When a fancied horse, thought to be ‘a good thing’, fails to realize expectations, it is said to be ‘a good thing come undone’.

Derivatives

rare.

unˈdoneness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > state of being destroyed or ruined

lossc897

losingc950

lore971

destructionc1330

forlesing1340

lostc1374

undoing1377

perditiona1382

shendc1400

decay1535

rack1599

undoneness1835

wanthrift1929

1835 R. M. McCheyne Addit. Rem. (1847) 35 Under a sense of undoneness, to flee for refuge to the Saviour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	undone
释义	undoneadj.¹ Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈdʌn/, U.S. /ˌənˈdən/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b. Compare Old Frisian ondan (North Frisian ündōn), Middle Dutch ongedaen (Dutch -daan), Middle High German ungetân (German -than, -tan). 1. a. Not done; unaccomplished, uneffected. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out undonec1380 unsped1390 unperformed1442 unwroughtc1480 unaccomplished1525 unexecuted1585 unled1586 uneffected1592 unacted1594 uncommitted1598 unhatched1601 unachieved1603 unpaida1616 unperpetrated1646 undischarged1709 uninflicted1757 unredeemed1812 untransactedc1825 unenacted1827 undelivered1895 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 90 He mot leue goddis comaundement vndon. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13176 His comandment was noght vn-dun, For he was heued and þat als sun. a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1187 Hast þou any pylgrimage laft vn-do When þou were i-ioynet þer-to? c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 114 Ȝif..þou leve vnsayd or vndo þat is nedefull..þanne is it dedly synne. 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 25 Euery parishe..shal lose & forfait .xx.s. for euery moneth, in whiche it is omitted and vndone. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xxi. 110 [They] goe on such pilgrimage, leauing vndone al other houshold or common affaires. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 103 The Publick Business is undone, Which still the longer 'tis in doing, Becomes the surer way to Ruine. 1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen xix Nought done the Hero deem'd, while ought undone remain'd. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxx. 43 I must not..leave at last undone what I came hither only to do. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iv. 126 They went out of the shop together, leaving my horse's shoe undone. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 5 If I leave it undone, some one else will do it to my mind. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos vi. 74 The sword completed what the fire had left undone. b. As n. That which is not done. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > leaving undone > that which is not done arrearagesc1315 arrear1658 undone1872 1872 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) II. 208 The condemnation..is all for the undones and not for the dones. 2. Not done away, not removed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > not removed or done away withlefta1400 unremoved1455 untaken1483 unextracted1630 undone1679 undisplaced1827 undislodgeda1847 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 204 While this Vail and face of Covering is undone away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). undoneadj.² Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈdʌn/, U.S. /ˌənˈdən/ Etymology: < undo v. 1. Brought to decay or ruin; ruined, destroyed.Chiefly predicative, but the attributive use was not infrequent in the 17th and was common in the 18th century. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] fellc1330 undone1340 ruinous?a1439 violablea1470 perniciousc1475 destructive1490 confusible1502 destroying1535 exitiable1548 ruinate1562 peremptory1567 wrackful1578 slaughterous1582 ruinating1595 ruining1605 corrumpent1607 wracksome1608 in suds1611 destructory1614 poisonousa1616 wrakefulc1625 predatory1626 predatorious1641 demolishing1648 untwined1649 undoing1654 destructionable1656 destructful1659 mortal1670 wreckinga1677 fatal1692 quadrumanous1704 interdestructive1805 annihilatory1825 demolitionary1834 ruinatious1845 consumptive1860 thunderous1874 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 136 Hueruore his bodi is ondo, and his inwyt uolueld. a1400–50 Alexander 1472 We ere dredles vnd one, bot driȝten vs help. a1450 Mirk's Festial 192 He..ȝaf hym all to foly aftyr, and laft hit neuer til he wer vndon. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. ix Many one is vndone and lost for faulte of obedyence. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 92 When her stoore was stroyed with the flodd, Then well awaye for she vndone was clene. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 38 Kepe hop from Sonne, and hop is vndonne [1577 vndone]. 1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one iii. sig. D4^v That Wit-good is a riotous, vndon man. 1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 48 The low and undone condition they have brought themselves into by their sins. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 89 England commonly beareth the whole burthen, and charge, whereby many in England are utterly undone. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Mr. Harding 11 We are all undone if Wood's Half-pence must pass. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. iv. 117 I am the most miserable, undone Wretch upon Earth. View more context for this quotation 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xiv. 193 Blaney, a wealthy Heir at twenty-one, At twenty-five was ruin'd and undone. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lvi. 558 I am undone. Whichever way I turn, I am undone. a1864 J. F. Ferrier Lect. Greek Philos. (1866) I. xii. 348 A soul without justice..is a soul undone. 2. Unfastened, untied, detached, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > loosened, unfastened, or untied yloused1387 unlokec1410 undone1565 loosened1680 diffixed1727 unreeved1730 dissoluteda1777 adrift1834 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Vincla resoluta, loosed or vndoone. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 123 The outer bandage of a wound in your bridle-hand coming undone. 1884 W. S. Gilbert Princess Ida ii Let all your things misfit, and yourselves At inconvenient moments come undone. Phrases to come undone: to come to grief. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > come to grief misfareOE miswendOE misferec1275 misspeeda1387 miscarryc1387 mischieve?a1400 to catch copper1530 to lose one's seatc1540 mischief1598 to bu(r)st one's boiler1824 to come to grief1850 to come (also go) a mucker1851 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 mucker1862 to go or be up the flume1865 to come undone1899 to play smash1903 to come to a sticky end1904 to come unstuck1911 1899 Sketch 1 Nov. 84/1 The Oban ‘boom’ came badly undone... But let us suppose Oban had won, what would the other owners with horses in the race have said about the handicap? 1922 Notes & Queries 9 Sept. 207/2 When a fancied horse, thought to be ‘a good thing’, fails to realize expectations, it is said to be ‘a good thing come undone’. Derivatives rare. unˈdoneness n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > state of being destroyed or ruined lossc897 losingc950 lore971 destructionc1330 forlesing1340 lostc1374 undoing1377 perditiona1382 shendc1400 decay1535 rack1599 undoneness1835 wanthrift1929 1835 R. M. McCheyne Addit. Rem. (1847) 35 Under a sense of undoneness, to flee for refuge to the Saviour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹c1380adj.²1340
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