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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When Punk Rock Bowling announced last fall that there would be no Las Vegas festival in 2026, organizers described “unexpected challenges” but left much of the story untold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Ultimately, we cannot ignore the fact that the early release scheme has caused untold damage to victims' confidence in the justice system," Dame Nicole added.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Taken together, this presents a false dichotomy: AI will either end disease and suffering or inflict it in untold measure.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Intensely self-critical, he also discarded untold numbers of his own works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Homo sapiens lived for untold millennia without them.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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