undone
adj.adj. not tied, fastened, or closed. You use this when something that was once secure, like a button or a shoelace, is now open.
adj. not fastened, tied, or secured; in a state of being open or loose. Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'come' or 'become'.
Your shoelaces are undone.
He didn't realize his top button was undone until he looked in the mirror before the interview.
The package arrived with the ribbons undone and the wrapping paper torn, suggesting it had been handled roughly during transit.
From un- + done.
From Middle English undon, from Old English ondōn, from Proto-Germanic andadōnaz, past participle of andadōną (“to undo”), equivalent to undo + -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Dutch ontdaan (“stripped, undone, upset”).
Commonly follows the verb 'come' to describe a fastening that fails or opens by accident.
My shoes are undidMy shoes are undoneLearners often confuse the past tense 'undid' with the participial adjective 'undone' when describing a state.