undoing
noun
un·do·ing
ˌən-ˈdü-iŋ 
1
: an act of loosening : unfastening
2
: ruin
also
: a cause of ruin
greed was to prove his undoing
Examples of undoing in a Sentence
My quick temper was my undoing.
His quick temper helped lead to his undoing.
The incident resulted in her undoing.
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Daniel Payne, STAT, 19 May 2026
And the undoing of the normative tropes of, like, Sex is this act that starts with foreplay and ends with the male climax!
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Schönheitsabend is an über-kitschy and deliberately Orientalist undoing of dance’s historical gendered roles.
—Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
Opponents of the redrawn congressional district compared the undoing of the majority-Black district as a throwback to the Jim Crow era of racial discrimination in the Deep South.
—CNN Money, 13 May 2026
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“Undoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undoing. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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undoing
noun
un·do·ing
ˌən-ˈdü-iŋ
1
: an act or instance of unfastening
2
a
: ruin entry 1 sense 1
parental neglect helped lead to their undoing
b
: a cause of ruin
my quick temper was my undoing
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