untoucht
untoucht is the obsolete form of untouched.
Meaning of untouched
Adjective
untouched (comparative more untouched, superlative most untouched)
- Remaining in its original, pristine state, undamaged; not altered.
- There are practically no untouched forests left in Europe.
- Not eaten.
- He left his vegetables untouched.
- Synonyms:
- unconsumed, uneaten, undevoured, unscarfed, unscoffed
- Not influenced, affected or swayed.
- She was untouched by his tale of woes.
- Synonyms:
- indifferent, unmoved, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless
- Not having come in contact.
- Our chocolates are untouched by human hands.
- Synonyms:
- unhandled
- Not read or examined.
- He was about to open one of the scrolls, when Francesca took them from his hand. "Nay, Guido, we will not read them: there are some letters never meant but for one eye, and such are these. This packet shall be given untouched into Lord Avonleigh's"—she corrected her words—"into my father's own...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 165
- Synonyms:
- unexamined, unread, unscanned
- Not discussed or talked about.
- Politics was an untouched topic in our family.
- Synonyms:
- indiscussed, unaddressed, undiscoursed, undiscussed
Forms of untoucht
| comparative | more untoucht |
|---|---|
| superlative | most untoucht |
Origin of untoucht
From un- + toucht.
Questions about untoucht
- What is untoucht the obsolete form of?
- Untoucht is the obsolete form of untouched.
Words near untoucht in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: untoucht (page history and authors); untouched (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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