Definitions for undoings

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undoings un·do·ing

Spelling: [uhn-doo-ing]

IPA: /ʌnˈdu ɪŋ/

Undoings is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in undoings (dginnosu).

Definitions for undoings

noun

1. the reversing of what has been done; annulling.
2. a bringing to destruction, ruin, or disaster.
3. a cause of destruction or ruin.
4. the act of unfastening or loosing.
5. Psychiatry. an unconscious defense mechanism through which an attempt is made to reverse a psychologically unacceptable act by doing its opposite, usually repetitiously, in order to relieve anxiety.

verb (used with object)

1. to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
2. to do away with; erase; efface:
3. to bring to ruin or disaster; destroy:
4. to unfasten by releasing:
5. to untie or loose (a knot, rope, etc.).
6. to open (a package, wrapping, etc.).
7. Archaic. to explain; interpret.

Origin of undoings

Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at undo, -ing¹

Examples for undoings

Boosting spending and undoing a chunk of the sequester is likely to have a bigger impact on the still-ailing job market.

Having enmeshed him, she confidently left him to complete his own undoing.

It is not the doing of a year; it is the undoing of the years.

And Friedman presents herself as undoing any destruction she's caused.

He could not have chosen a more opportune time to confirm his own undoing.

Dear God… help us to help ourselves before we become our own undoing.

He announced the undoing of what should have never been done.

Wherefore this caution against me, but (pardon me) for thine own undoing?

Murphy cast one despairing glance about him and slouched to his undoing.

It was the most violent day in the history of Ukraine since Soviet times and it proved to be the undoing of the Yanukovych regime.