work undone
Example Sentences
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And we are always rightly anxious about taking credit for work undone.
From Fox News • Apr. 22, 2020
Hundreds of scientists, many of whom said they are dismayed at seeing their work undone, are departing.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2019
"There's work undone there, in the sense we need to see it move up in line with our objective," she said in December.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2018
How they must labor over those mellifluous phrases urging tolerance and love – only to see their hard work undone the minute the boss gets his hands on an electronic device.
From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2017
She was ashamed of the many times — more times than she could count — when she had skipped off and left her work undone.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
