untold

[uhn-tohld]

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adjective

not told; not related; not revealed: untold thoughts.
not numbered or enumerated; uncounted: She used untold sheets of paper in writing the book.
inexpressible; incalculable: untold suffering.

Origin of untold

before 1000; Middle English; Old English unteald. See un-¹, told

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Examples from the Web for untold

Contemporary Examples

The World of Ice Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and The Game of ThronesGeorge R.R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia Jr.
The Best Gift Books of 2014
William O’Connor
December 12, 2014
As a gay man, Mann was interested in telling an untold piece of gay history; but as a historian he was even more fascinated.
How to Get Away With a Hollywood Murder
Tim Teeman
October 10, 2014
This state-sanctioned discrimination has forced an untold number of LGBT in the shadows for fear of persecution.
Lesbian Brit Kidnapped to Be ‘Cured’ in Congo
Nina Strochlic
August 29, 2014
An untold number of gay Iranians, like Ali, tire of the harassment, fear and hiding, and leave Iran permanently.
A Maple Syrup Mecca for Iran’s Gays
Nina Strochlic
August 10, 2014
Not to mention the untold number of families who hover just one medical crisis or job loss away from financial ruin.
Is There a Ma Joad for the Piketty Era?
Katie Baker
July 1, 2014

Historical Examples

In that insistence lay her ultimate compensation for untold misery.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
Have you lost even that virtue, which served you as a cloak for untold vices?
The Trampling of the Lilies
Rafael Sabatini
This is the kind of teaching which has paralyzed China for untold generations.
Rural Life and the Rural School
Joseph Kennedy
She had done the deed now, and had married the man with the untold secret in her heart.
Kept in the Dark
Anthony Trollope
True, it had a reference of untold value and power to the seen and present.
Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews
Handley C.G. Moule

British Dictionary definitions for untold

untold

adjective

incapable of description or expressionuntold suffering
incalculably great in number or quantityuntold thousands
not told

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Word Origin and History for untold

adj.

Old English unteald, "not counted or reckoned," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of tell in its original numerical sense. Cf. Middle Dutch ongetellet, German ungezahlt, Old Norse utaliðr. Meaning "not related or recounted" is recorded from late 14c.

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Examples from the Web for untold

Contemporary Examples

The World of Ice Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and The Game of ThronesGeorge R.R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia Jr.

As a gay man, Mann was interested in telling an untold piece of gay history; but as a historian he was even more fascinated.

This state-sanctioned discrimination has forced an untold number of LGBT in the shadows for fear of persecution.

An untold number of gay Iranians, like Ali, tire of the harassment, fear and hiding, and leave Iran permanently.

Not to mention the untold number of families who hover just one medical crisis or job loss away from financial ruin.

Historical Examples

In that insistence lay her ultimate compensation for untold misery.

Have you lost even that virtue, which served you as a cloak for untold vices?

This is the kind of teaching which has paralyzed China for untold generations.

She had done the deed now, and had married the man with the untold secret in her heart.

True, it had a reference of untold value and power to the seen and present.

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Word Origin and History for untold

adj.

Origin of untold