untouched
adjective
un·touched
ˌən-ˈtəcht 
1
: not subjected to touching : not handled
The piano sat untouched for years.
2
: not described or dealt with
The biography leaves untouched a few important events.
3
a
: not tasted
left his food untouched
b
: being in the first or a primeval state or condition
an untouched wilderness
4
: not influenced : unaffected
was untouched [=unmoved] by their pleas for help
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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During the first two weeks of the latest war in the Middle East, as US and Israeli strikes rained down on military and energy facilities across Iran, one site went conspicuously untouched.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
White’s letter to his former boss remained untouched on the gate.
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Satellite imagery showed that the graves were dug on Monday in a previously untouched section of ground, consistent with a Saturday bombing and a Tuesday funeral.
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Over the course of the afternoon, the rows of canned mushroom soup, tomato sauce, peanut butter and boxes of macaroni and cheese went largely untouched.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
White’s letter to his former boss remained untouched on the gate.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Satellite imagery showed that the graves were dug on Monday in a previously untouched section of ground, consistent with a Saturday bombing and a Tuesday funeral.
—Mahsa Alimardani, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Over the course of the afternoon, the rows of canned mushroom soup, tomato sauce, peanut butter and boxes of macaroni and cheese went largely untouched.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
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 20 Mar. 2026.
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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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