untold
Americanadjective
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not told; not related; not revealed.
untold thoughts.
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not numbered or enumerated; uncounted.
She used untold sheets of paper in writing the book.
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inexpressible; incalculable.
untold suffering.
adjective
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incapable of description or expression
untold suffering
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incalculably great in number or quantity
untold thousands
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not told
Etymology
Origin of untold
before 1000; Middle English; Old English unteald. See un- 1, told
Example Sentences
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The museum offers a free day out to local residents and showcases the history of peace movements and the "often untold" stories of peacemakers.
From BBC
But a subject not participating in his biography is sometimes for the best: Skillful writers like Mr. O’Brien know how to find the tributaries where rich, untold material lies waiting to be excavated.
As Silicon Valley now funnels untold riches into server farms around the country, Rizer said, “I wait for those guys to call me.”
In her essay collection “The Age of Loneliness,” Laura Marris examines quiet conditions that our society doesn’t know have been lost and how we’re lonelier for those untold vanishings.
From Los Angeles Times
But he cautioned that court challenges take time — time in which “untold damage” can be done to erode public trust and to the officials caught in the middle.
From Salon
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