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• v  cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
• v  deprive of certain characteristics
• v  cause the ruin or downfall of
• v  cause to become loose
• v  remove the outer cover or wrapping of
• s  not done
  the work could be done or undone and nobody cared
• s  doomed to extinction
• s  not fastened or tied or secured
  her blouse had come undone at the neck
  his shoelaces were undone
• s  thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence

• The narrative of some clean-cut co-ed undone by an intoxicating combination of Long Island ice teas and male encouragement is an appealing one; after all, both Katie Couric's .
• The crescendo of complaints from Congress and elsewhere over Negroponte's move stems from the feeling that he's leaving a job undone.
• The brief obituaries that appeared around the world suggested a morality tale about a person undone by the curse of fame.

• undo
• unmake
• untie
• loosen
• unwrap
• done for
• ruined
• sunk
• washed-up
• unstuck

• make
• wrap

News & Articles

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• Bonnaroo starts o…
  Australian Chloe McCardel became the latest endurance athlete undone by the warm waters and fierce jellyfish of the Florida Straits, abandoning Wednesday night her attempt to become the first person to swim across nonstop without a shark cage.
  June 13, 2013 - WJXT Jacksonville
• How to cope with financial setbacks
  It happens to everyone: savings are going up, debts are disappearing, then suddenly an unforeseen financial event takes you back to square one. It might feel like all that progress has been undone, but actually, the opposite is true.  
  June 13, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
• Another Cuba to Florida swim attempt ends in failure with jellyfish stings
  Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News HAVANA (AP) -- Five tries. Five failures. Australian Chloe McCardel became the latest endurance athlete undone by the warm waters and fierce jellyfish of the Florida Straits, abandoning Wednesday night her attempt to become the first person to swim across nonstop without a shark cage. ...
  June 13, 2013 - WPEC CBS12 West Palm Beach

Quotes

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• Harry Reid in New York Times
  Libby's conviction was the one faint glimmer of accountability for White House efforts to manipulate intelligence and silence critics of the Iraq War,Mr. Reid said. "Now, even that small bit of justice has been undone."
• Sam Johnson in USA Today
  We must learn from our mistakes. We cannot leave a job undone like we left in Korea, like we left in Vietnam, like we left in Somalia,Johnson said.
• Ryan Lochte in Los Angeles Times
  It just felt good the whole way,Lochte said. "My suit came undone in the first 50. I was just trying to keep my legs going for the last 100 as much as possible."