1
a
: not told or related
a story yet untold
b
: kept secret
2
: too great or numerous to count : incalculable, vast
untold treasures
untold suffering
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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Drafts and Unsealed Windows or Doors It is common for houses to have an untold number of gaps around front doors, sliding doors, and windows, which allow cold air inside.
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Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 10 Jan. 2026
Whatever Iran’s hopes about trying to help the Palestinians, the country where Iran has been most active in the region, with a calamitous humanitarian cost, has been Syria, and after spending an untold number of soldiers and dollars there, the Assad regime completely crumbled.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
The reporting shows that plenty of fear and uncertainty remain over the untold billions of dollars being poured into wildly unprofitable AI ventures — a dynamic that’s seen AI companies’ valuations skyrocket to record heights, despite dubious prospects of ever turning a profit.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 7 Jan. 2026
But insofar as that identity was largely and intentionally anchored in whiteness, many of the real stories—just as mythic, just as legendary—went untold or ignored, simply because the heroes didn’t have the right skin color.
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Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 10 Jan. 2026
Whatever Iran’s hopes about trying to help the Palestinians, the country where Iran has been most active in the region, with a calamitous humanitarian cost, has been Syria, and after spending an untold number of soldiers and dollars there, the Assad regime completely crumbled.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
The reporting shows that plenty of fear and uncertainty remain over the untold billions of dollars being poured into wildly unprofitable AI ventures — a dynamic that’s seen AI companies’ valuations skyrocket to record heights, despite dubious prospects of ever turning a profit.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 7 Jan. 2026
But insofar as that identity was largely and intentionally anchored in whiteness, many of the real stories—just as mythic, just as legendary—went untold or ignored, simply because the heroes didn’t have the right skin color.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Untold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untold. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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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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