untouched
adjective
un·touched
ˌən-ˈtəcht 
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
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.
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Ed boarded up that section of the home, keeping it as an untouched shrine to his mother, per Investigation Discovery.
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Vinyl records, CDs and cassette tapes are all untouched from levies.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The Museum’s archive, much of it untouched for decades, holds handwritten letters, publications, and personal materials that still have more to reveal.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
The region tends to have more frequent attendance at religious services and looser firearm laws – a combination that helps explain the South’s overrepresentation, though no region is untouched.
—James Densley, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Vinyl records, CDs and cassette tapes are all untouched from levies.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The Museum’s archive, much of it untouched for decades, holds handwritten letters, publications, and personal materials that still have more to reveal.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
The region tends to have more frequent attendance at religious services and looser firearm laws – a combination that helps explain the South’s overrepresentation, though no region is untouched.
—James Densley, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for untouched
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“Untouched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untouched. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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untouched
adjective
un·touched
ˌən-ˈtəcht
1
: not touched or handled
2
: not described or dealt with
3
a
: not tasted
b
: being in the first state or condition
an untouched wilderness
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