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un⋅told

  [uhn-tohld]
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–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:
bef. 1000; ME; OE unteald. See un- 1 , told
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un·told   (ŭn-tōld')   
adj.  

  1. Not told or revealed: untold secrets.

  2. Beyond description or enumeration: untold suffering.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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 c.1386.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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