un·told

[uhn-tohld]
adjective
1.
not told; not related; not revealed: untold thoughts.
2.
not numbered or enumerated; uncounted: She used untold sheets of paper in writing the book.
3.
inexpressible; incalculable: untold suffering.

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

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untold (ʌnˈtəʊld) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  incapable of description or expression: untold suffering
2.  incalculably great in number or quantity: untold thousands
3.  not told

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Word Origin & History

untold
O.E. unteald, "not counted or reckoned," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of tell in its original numerical sense. Cf. M.Du. ongetellet, Ger. ungezahlt, O.N. utaliðr. Meaning "not related or recounted" is recorded from late 14c.
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