untouched

adjective un·touched \ ˌən-ˈtəcht \

|Updated on: 10 Aug 2018

Examples: untouched in a Sentence

Definition of untouched

1 : not subjected to touching : not handled

2 : not described or dealt with

3 a : not tasted

b : being in the first or a primeval state or condition

an untouched wilderness

4 : not influenced : unaffected

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Examples of untouched in a Sentence

The piano was untouched for years.
The original agreement remains untouched.
He left his food untouched.
The artist's biographer left a few important events of his life untouched.

Recent Examples of untouched from the Web

Ask any pitcher who did his job, getting a routine flyball, only to be charged with a hit when two or three teammates fumble the assignment and the ball drops untouched.

— bruce jenkins, SFChronicle.com, "Mexico hopes to end streak against Brazil," 29 June 2018
Many of the victims were found with bruised and broken necks, their money or gold untouched.

— aaron gilbreath, Longreads, "The Known Unknown: Tales of the Yucca Man," 25 Apr. 2018
Following the 16th-century arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, the project was abandoned, leaving the site untouched until its 1910 rediscovery by Emiliano Zapata’s revolutionary forces.

— meilan solly, Smithsonian, "Earthquake Reveals 12th-Century Temple Hidden Within Aztec Pyramid," 12 July 2018
The decision leaves the plot of land, which the city has tried to develop several times, untouched.

— holly v. hays, Indianapolis Star, "Plans for $40M Greenwood Sportsplex won't move forward, mayor says," 3 July 2018
In many parts of the States, too, festivities were classically joyous where annual rites were kept untouched by the residual effects of 1968.

— chris stirewalt, Fox News, "The new trustbusters," 3 July 2018
Tucked behind the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center is one of the last untouched empty lots in the bustling Seaport District, a narrow scrub of land lined by a rail spur that hasn’t seen a freight train in years.

— adam vaccaro, BostonGlobe.com, "How a South Boston real estate fight could delay new MBTA Red Line cars," 2 July 2018
On an untouched hillside near La Cantera Parkway, crews are clearing away 38 acres of trees to build the Mansions at La Cantera, a luxury apartment complex owned by a Grand Prairie development firm.

— john tedesco, San Antonio Express-News, "City says developer who clear cut trees was following rules," 29 June 2018
These new fibers have a different texture, color, and quality than the untouched skin.

— emily rekstis, SELF, "9 Ways to Use Bio-Oil, the Drugstore Scar Treatment People Love," 22 June 2018

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