1
a
: not told or related
b
: kept secret
2
: too great or numerous to count : incalculable, vast
Examples of untold in a Sentence
His is a story yet untold.
untold generations have lived and died in this ancient land
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
About 1,746 people died, along with thousands of cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, dogs, and untold birds, antelope, and other wildlife.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The untold saga of Morrison’s bust leads from an elusive sculptor in Belgrade to the mayor of Paris to a tantalizing revelation from a previously undisclosed eyewitness.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
That’s preserved in over 300 medieval and Renaissance manuscript witnesses and has served as the basis of untold thousands of visual representations of Jesus Christ.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Untold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untold. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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untold
adjective
un·told
ən-ˈtōld 
ˈən-
1
: not told : not revealed
untold secrets
a story yet untold
2
: not counted : vast, numberless
untold wealth
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