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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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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
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 • Feb. 9, 2026
That covers untold millions of Boomers, Xers and Millennials to whom Moore demonstrated that sky-high career aspirations and happiness are a woman’s right.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
The minerals have to come from somewhere, but some scientists and environmental groups are gravely concerned that mining the deep seas could cause untold damage.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
The letters came later, from the Cigrands, Williamses, Smythes, and untold others, addressed to that strange gloomy castle at Sixty-third and Wallace, pleading for the whereabouts of daughters and daughters’ children.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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