un·touched

[uhn-tuhcht]
adjective
1.
not touched 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.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see un-1, touch, -ed2

un·touched·ness, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To untouched
00:10
Untouched is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Collins
World English Dictionary
untouched (ʌnˈtʌtʃt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Example sentences
The ability to touch something inside me that is often left untouched by
  newspaper articles.
Yet retail bankers-the middlemen between savers and borrowers-have been
  surprisingly untouched.
For hundreds of years, many of the sights and sounds within this dynamic
  ecosystem have gone untouched.
Next day she again went out with her goat, and left the few bits of broken
  bread which had been handed to her, lying untouched.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT