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alas | undefined |

As adjectives the difference between alas and undefined

is that alas is naked while undefined is lacking a definition or value.

alas

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) a las (French .

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.
  • * Act 5, Scene 1
    • Alas , Poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that.
    Synonyms
    * alack
    Derived terms
    * alack and alas

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a type of

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined