Standard Lemma guide

untouched

adj · verb · 11 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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  • /ʌnˈtʌt͡ʃt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌtʃt
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N T AH1 CH T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Remaining in its original, pristine state, undamaged; not altered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There are practically no untouched forests left in Europe.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unaltered, unscathed, unspoiled, unsullied, virgin, maiden

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not eaten.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He left his vegetables untouched.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unconsumed, uneaten, undevoured, unscarfed, unscoffed

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not influenced, affected or swayed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She was untouched by his tale of woes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indifferent, unmoved, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless, dispassionate, dull, enervated, gallionic, halfhearted, heartless, impassive, ineffervescible, insouciant, insensible, jaded, languid, languorous, Laodicean, lethargic, listless, lackadaisical, lotophagous, lukewarm, meh, mopey, nonchalant, nonplussed, otiose, phlegmatic, pococurante, spiritless, supine, tepid, torpid, torpedinous, unaroused, uncaring, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unimpressible, uninterested, unlively, untouched, unzealous, world-weary

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Not having come in contact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Our chocolates are untouched by human hands.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unhandled

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Not read or examined.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unexamined, unread, unscanned

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Not discussed or talked about.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Politics was an untouched topic in our family.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indiscussed, unaddressed, undiscoursed, undiscussed

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

simple past and past participle of untouch

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

emotionally unmoved

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unmoved(p), unaffected

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective

Meaning 9

not having come in contact

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: touched

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

not influenced or affected- V.L.Parrington

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world
  • unswayed by personal considerations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uninfluenced, unswayed

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective satellite

Meaning 11

still full

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an untouched cocktail in her hand

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: untasted

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English touched English untouched From un- + touched.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: e re — in its original state
  • Azerbaijani: əldəyməmiş — in its original state
  • Czech: nedotčený — in its original state
  • Danish: uberørt — in its original state
  • Danish: urørt — in its original state
  • Finnish: koskematon — in its original state
  • Finnish: neitseellinen — in its original state
  • Finnish: vahingoittumaton — in its original state
  • French: intouché — in its original state
  • Greek: άθικτος (áthiktos) — in its original state
  • Ancient Greek: ἄθικτος (áthiktos) — in its original state
  • Hindi: अनछुआ (anchuā) — in its original state
  • Hungarian: érintetlen — in its original state
  • Latin: intactus — in its original state
  • Māori: tikitū — in its original state
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uberørt — in its original state
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urørt — in its original state
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: urørt — in its original state
  • Occitan: intocat — in its original state
  • Russian: нетро́нутый (netrónutyj) — in its original state
  • Spanish: intocado — in its original state
  • Ukrainian: недото́рканий (nedotórkanyj) — in its original state
  • Albanian: e plot — not eaten
  • Danish: urørt — not eaten
  • Finnish: koskematon — not eaten
  • German: unangerührt — not eaten
  • German: unberührt — not eaten
  • Greek: άθικτος (áthiktos) — not eaten
  • Occitan: intocat — not eaten
  • Russian: нетро́нутый (netrónutyj) — not eaten
  • Danish: uberørt — not influenced, affected or swayed
  • Finnish: välinpitämätön — not influenced, affected or swayed
  • German: ungerührt — not influenced, affected or swayed
  • German: unberührt — not influenced, affected or swayed
  • Greek: άθικτος (áthiktos) — not influenced, affected or swayed
  • Polish: nieporuszony — not influenced, affected or swayed
  • Polish: niewzruszony — not influenced, affected or swayed
  • Albanian: e ru — not having come in contact
  • Finnish: koskematon — not having come in contact
  • German: unberührt — not having come in contact
  • Ancient Greek: ἄψαυστος (ápsaustos) — not having come in contact
  • Occitan: intocat — not having come in contact
  • Spanish: intocado — not having come in contact
  • Spanish: no apalpado — not having come in contact
  • Finnish: käsittelemätön — not talked about
  • Greek: άθικτος (áthiktos) — not talked about