untouched

[ uhn-tuhcht ]

adjective

1. not touched touch or handled, as material.
2. not explored or visited:

   untouched lands.

3. not eaten or drunk.
4. remaining in a pristine state; unchanged:

   an untouched innocent; an untouched world.

5. not injured or hurt; undamaged:

   untouched by the exploding bombs.

6. not affected or altered:

   She was untouched by the life around her.

7. emotionally unmoved; indifferent:

   She was left untouched by the music.

8. not mentioned or described, as in conversation or a book:

   an untouched subject.

untouched

/ ʌnˈtʌtʃt /

adjective

1. not used, handled, touched, etc
2. not injured or harmed
3. postpositive emotionally unmoved
4. not changed, modified, or affected
5. (of food or drink) left without being consumed
6. not mentioned or referred to

   he left the subject untouched

Other Words From

• un·touchedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of untouched¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; un- ¹, touch, -ed ²

Example Sentences

More than 1 million early votes have already been cast in the 2020 election, but in several battleground states, mail-in ballots will go virtually untouched until right before Election Day.

From Washington Post

The economic downturn brought on by the coronavirus crisis has left no business owner, manager or employee untouched.

From Digiday

The $57 billion business of iron ore, gas and coal exports—the bulk value of Australia’s exports to China—have remained untouched.

From Fortune

Those areas, representing vast swaths of the city, will remain untouched.

From Voice of San Diego

Whereas Facebook has ingested Instagram into its broader advertising platform — as Yahoo tried and failed to do with Tumblr — Microsoft has largely left LinkedIn’s advertising business untouched.

From Digiday

The mockery comes from a place unburdened by history and untouched by the present.

From The Daily Beast

Those services will remain untouched by the current suit, according to City Attorney spokesman Frank Manteljan.

From The Daily Beast

They operate in a realm largely untouched by legislation, unions, and guilds.

From The Daily Beast

The box of doughnuts in the middle of the table went untouched.

From The Daily Beast

When there are free bagels and coffee going untouched at a New York City event, something serious is at hand.

From The Daily Beast

We can do as we like with Hindu and Mussalman so long as we leave their respective religions untouched.

From Project Gutenberg

He was fired at by the sepoys, of course, but horse and man escaped untouched and the low barrier was leaped without effort.

From Project Gutenberg

They reached a depth in his nature which had been long untouched; a stratum, so to speak, which lay far beneath the surface.

From Project Gutenberg

Ships did little exploring in the Belt now—plenty of untouched rocks there but nothing really unknown.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Mayblunt begged to be allowed to keep her cocktail untouched before her, just to look at.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• flawless
• intact
• spotless
• unaffected
• unbroken
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• undamaged
• unharmed
• unimpressed
• unmoved
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