1
a
: not told or related
b
: kept secret
2
: too great or numerous to count : incalculable, vast
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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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One was filed in February in Delaware federal court by Getty Images, which holds the rights to untold historical and contemporary photographs, against Stability AI.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
Co-starring Chris Rock, Jeffrey Wright and Audra McDonald, the film depicts the often untold story of Rustin’s efforts alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and his hidden personal life as a gay man.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
With this in mind, hospital and health systems leaders can streamline data curation, ensure data integrity and be better equipped to derive untold insights from their clinical data.
—Brian Foy, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Three years in the making, it was conceived as a vehicle to spotlight the largely untold stories of the people whose back-breaking labor made the Transcontinental Railroad a reality in the 1800s.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
Read on for the biggest bombshells and previously untold stories about Stallone.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
Time in the water meant exposure to poisonous snakes, untold bacteria, and run-ins with submerged thorns.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
The ice at both is melting rapidly, with untold dangers for all of us.
—Joshua Shifrinson, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2023
The scale of recent global farmland abandonment is a staggering and still largely untold story.
—WIRED, 14 Oct. 2023
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
Co-starring Chris Rock, Jeffrey Wright and Audra McDonald, the film depicts the often untold story of Rustin’s efforts alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and his hidden personal life as a gay man.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
With this in mind, hospital and health systems leaders can streamline data curation, ensure data integrity and be better equipped to derive untold insights from their clinical data.
—Brian Foy, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Three years in the making, it was conceived as a vehicle to spotlight the largely untold stories of the people whose back-breaking labor made the Transcontinental Railroad a reality in the 1800s.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
Read on for the biggest bombshells and previously untold stories about Stallone.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
Time in the water meant exposure to poisonous snakes, untold bacteria, and run-ins with submerged thorns.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
The ice at both is melting rapidly, with untold dangers for all of us.
—Joshua Shifrinson, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2023
The scale of recent global farmland abandonment is a staggering and still largely untold story.
—WIRED, 14 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Untold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untold. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
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untold
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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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