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   undoing

   /ʌnˈduːɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a person's ruin or downfall: "he knew of his ex-partner's role in his undoing" Similar downfalldefeatconquestvanquishingtopplingdepositionoustingunseatingoverthrowruinruinationdestructionannihilationeliminationendcollapsefailureloss of powerdebasementnemesisWaterloorare:labefactionOpposite bettermentpreferment
   • ▪ the cause of a person's ruin or downfall: "that complacency was to be their undoing" Similar fatal flawAchilles heelweaknessweak point/spot(soft) underbellyfailingblightmisfortuneafflictiontroublecurseOpposite making

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   • Pick the best words! Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of UNDOING is an act of loosening : unfastening. How to use undoing in a sentence.

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   • If something is someone's undoing, it is the cause of their failure. His lack of experience may prove to be his undoing. Issues of national defense have been the undoing of Democratic candidates. 2. See also undo Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What is an example of undoing?

   • Undoing is a defense mechanism that allows someone to try to cancel out or remove an unhealthy, destructive, or otherwise harmful thought or action by engaging in other behaviors. After thinking about being violent with someone, for example, one would be overly nice or accommodating to them.

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   • n. 1. The act of unfastening or loosening. 2. a. Ruin; destruction. b. The act of bringing to ruin. c. A cause or source of ruin; downfall: Greed was his undoing. 3. The act of reversing or annulling something accomplished; a cancellation. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   The meaning of UNDOING is an act of loosening : unfastening. How to use undoing in a sentence.

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   UNDOING definition: 1. the cause of someone's failure, or of someone's loss of power or money: 2. the cause of…. Learn more.

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   noun. the reversing of what has been done; annulling. Synonyms: negation, reversal. a bringing to destruction, ruin, or disaster. a cause of destruction or ruin. the act of unfastening or loosing.

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   If something is someone's undoing, it is the cause of their failure. His lack of experience may prove to be his undoing. Issues of national defense have been the undoing of Democratic candidates.

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   1. The act of unfastening or loosening. 2. a. Ruin; destruction. b. The act of bringing to ruin. c. A cause or source of ruin; downfall: Greed was his undoing. 3. The act of reversing or annulling something accomplished; a cancellation. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   Definitions of undoing. noun. an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done) see more. noun. loosening the ties that fasten something. synonyms: unfastening, untying. see more.

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