1
a
: not told or related
b
: kept secret
2
: too great or numerous to count : incalculable, vast
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His is a story yet untold.
untold generations have lived and died in this ancient land
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The owners of Konjo, Fetien Gibre-Michael and Yoseph Assefa, have introduced an untold number of Denverites to injera, a spongy bread that accompanies most meals.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
The documentary traces the untold story of soft rock, whose artists dominated pop music worldwide in the '70s, only to crash and burn in the '80s, while eventually experiencing one of the most unlikely comebacks in music history.
—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
An inadvertent release of nerve gas in March 1968 killed 6,000 sheep and harmed an untold number of people.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Untold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untold. Accessed 9 Sep. 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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