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untold

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtəʊld/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ʌnˈtoʊld/
  • Australian: /anˈtəʉld/
  • homophone: untolled
  • rhymes with -əʊld
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N T OW1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not told; not related; not revealed; secret.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not numbered or counted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not able to be counted, measured, told, expressed in words, or described; extremely large in scale, number, quantity, suffering, damage, etc.; uncountable, unmeasurable, immeasurable, indescribable, inexpressible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

of an incalculable amount

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • untold suffering

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From Old English unteald (“not counted or reckoned”), from tellan (“count, relate, tell”).

Real reading context

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