undoneun‧done /ˌʌnˈdʌn◂/ ●●○ adjective [not before noun] - It should not be too difficult, she thought, to allow one of those buttons to become undone.
- Left alone, Shae looked down at her own undone clothing and partly naked body, and shame burned within her.
- Nothing is left undone, nothing left to chance.
- Now knights no longer come everyday, and the good deeds are left undone.
- She followed his eyes downwards and cringed inwardly when she realised the top buttons of her shirt had come undone.
- Then she felt something on her arm and discovered her scarf had come undone.
- They remain friends, though she is quick to be petulant over telephone messages left unanswered and favours left undone.
► come undone One of these buttons has come undone. ► left undone The washing-up had been left undone. ► left undone So much had been left undone. ► come open/undone/loose etc- As she reached the doors they came open, the button pressed by two people outside.
- His heart felt it would come loose in his body, so wildly was it beating.
- Some ropes had come loose and were swinging wildly in the wind.
- Then she felt something on her arm and discovered her scarf had come undone.
- Then sprinkle on water and re-trowel in come loose-use an emulsion paint brush.
- Think of all the things that come loose around the house.
- When the Thayer principalship came open in the summer of 1981, Littky applied and reentered the educational world.
verbdooutdooverdoredoundonoundeed ≠ misdeeddodoingadjectivedoneoverdoneundone