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Definition: Untouched |
UntouchedAdjective1. Not touched emotionally; "was left untouched by the music". 2. Still full; "an untouched cocktail in her hand". 3. Not influenced or affected; "stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington; "unswayed by personal considerations". 4. Not having come in contact. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "untouched" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonyms: UntouchedSynonyms: unaffected(p) (adj), uninfluenced (adj), unswayed (adj), untasted (adj), untouched(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: touched (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disuse | Adjective: not used; Verb: unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed, ungathered, unculled; uncalled for, not required. |
Insensibility | Unaffected, unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved, unstirred, untouched, unshocked, unstruck; unblushing; (shameless); unanimated; vegetative. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Untouched |
| English words defined with "untouched": natural state ♦ state of nature ♦ To let be ♦ unaffected, uninfluenced, unswayed, untasted ♦ virginal ♦ wild. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "untouched": barequear ♦ mining retreating ♦ V-method of roasting. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "untouched": integer. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | That's still untouched by man (The End of the Innocence; performing artist: Don Henley) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Untouched and Pure (1970) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | These are the Anti-Atlas Mountains, part of the Atlas Mountain range in southern Morocco, Africa. The region contains some of the world's largest and most diverse mineral resources, most of which are still untouched. Credit: NASA. |  | Beautiful sand dunes . . . beauty untouched!. Credit: Lori Cook. |
 | U.S. American National Red Cross Hospital, Jouy-le Chatel, France. : Contagious ward which was untouched by the German bombs. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| "Sunset" by Tom Haynes Commentary: "Untouched - its beautiful..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The bishop found these portraits when he succeeded to the hospital patients in this chamber, and left them untouched. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Pharmacy mark-ups, which are regressive, have also remained untouched for a number of years. (references) | |
For most of these plans, the mighty state-owned Korean Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Korea’s power generation, transmission, and distribution monopoly, was left untouched, an entity too important and symbolic to risk to market forces. (references) | ||
Economic History | Zambia | Except for an occasional Portuguese explorer, the area lay untouched by Europeans for centuries. (references) |
Colombia | The reform left untouched some special pension regimes, most importantly regimes for teachers, employees of ECOPETROL, and the security forces. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | Now that Western oil companies are able to tap deepwater oilfields untouched by the Soviets because of poor technology, Azerbaijan is considered one of the most important spots in the world for oil exploration and development. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Our great resources therefore remain untouched for any purpose which may affect the vital interests of the nation. |
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| "Untouched" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Untouched" is used about 488 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 488 | 12,253 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "untouched": leave untouched ♦ untouched by human hand ♦ untouched for quality. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "untouched": untouched-by-anything, untouched-she. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
untouched | 12 |
hymen untouched | 6 |
pussy untouched | 6 |
hymen picture untouched | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "untouched"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i paprekur (intact, unharmed, unmoved, unsusceptible). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неопитан (untasted), незасегнат (unaffected, uncrippled), неповлиян (uncolored, uncoloured, unswayed), непипнат, недокоснат (uneaten, untasted), безразличен (colorless, colourless, disinterested, frigid, incurious, indifferent, insensible, lukewarm, neutral, poppied, stony, tepid, unimpressed, uninterested, unmoved). (various references) | |
Chinese | 未触动过. (various references) | |
Czech | se zdravou kùží, netknutý (unscathed), nepoškozený (intact, unharmed, unscathed), nepřekonaný (unbroken, unsurpassed), nemající sobì rovna (unequaled, unequalled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassed), nedotèený (intact, inviolate, undisturbed, unspoiled), bez úrazu (unharmed). (various references) | |
Danish | tryklufthammeren anvendes nu kun i moderne miner til udvinding af kul i taget eller gulvet, forsaavidt det ikke er blevet brudt maskinelt (the pneumatic pick is nowadays used only for work on the top or bottom coal left untouched by the winning machine). (various references) | |
Dutch | onaangeroerd, onaangeraakt. (various references) | |
Finnish | koskematon (intact, inviolable). (various references) | |
French | le marteau-piqueur ne s'emploie plus que pour les bancs au toit ou au mur qui n'ont pas été enlevés par la machine d'abattage (the pneumatic pick is nowadays used only for work on the top or bottom coal left untouched by the winning machine). (various references) | |
German | unberührt (fresh, impervious, inviolate, maiden, pristine, recent, unaffected, unaffectedly, undazzled, undisturbed, unmoved, unslept-in, unspoiled, unspoilt, unsullied, untouchedly, untrodden, virgin, virginal), unangetastet (inviolate, unsolicited). (various references) | |
Greek | άθικτοσ (intact, intangible, inviolate, unscathed, untouchable), άθιχτος, ασυγκίνητοσ (unmoved), ανέγγιχτοσ (impervious to closed, intact, touchy), ανέγγιχτος. (various references) | |
Hungarian | érintetlen (intact, inviolate, virgin). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tak disentuh. (various references) | |
Italian | intatto (intact, unbroken, undamaged, undazzled, virgin). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 手入らず (requiring little trouble). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ていらず (requiring little trouble). (various references) | |
Korean | 본래. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oucheduntay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | o martelo picador apenas se utiliza nas bancadas junto ao tecto ou junto ao muro que não foram desmontadas pela máquina de arranque (the pneumatic pick is nowadays used only for work on the top or bottom coal left untouched by the winning machine). (various references) | |
Romanian | neştirbit (intact, unbroken), neatins (intact, unimpaired, virgin), intact (intact, perfect, sound, unbroken, unimpaired, unsullied, whole). (various references) | |
Russian | нетронутый (intact, parthenic, unharmed, unimpaired, untapped, virgin), непочатый (not begun). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | netaknut (intact, virgin), nedirnut (unmoved). (various references) | |
Swedish | oberörd (bland, imperturbable, unaffected, unimpressed, unmoved, unruffled). (various references) | |
Turkish | rötuşsuz, etkilenmemiş (unaffected, uninfluenced), ellenmemiş, el sürülmemiş, el değmemiş (guiltless, intact, maiden), dokunulmamış (intact), bozulmamış (intact, inviolate, pristine, sound, unbroken, unimpaired, unsophisticated, unspoiled, unspoilt, untainted), bakire (maiden, virgin). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vô tình (bloodless, casual, heartless, indeliberate, promiscuous, unconcerned, unsympathetic), l nh đạm (unresponsive, unsympathetic), không suy suyển (whole), không sờ đến, không mó đến, không động đến, chưa bàn đến; không đề cập đến không xúc động, còn nguyên chưa đ động đến. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | intactum, integer. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | James Chapter 1, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Qrhskeia kaqara kai amiantoV para tw qew kai patri auth estin episkeptesqai orfanouV kai chraV en th qliyei autwn aspilon eauton threin apo tou kosmou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Religio munda et inmaculata apud Deum et Patrem haec est visitare pupillos et viduas in tribulatione eorum inmaculatum se custodire ab hoc saeculo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A clene religioun, and an vnwemmed anentis God and the fadir, is this, to visite fadirles and modirles children, and widewis in her tribulacioun, and to kepe hym silf vndefoulid fro this world. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Pure devocion and vndefiled before God the father is this: to vysit the frendlesse and widdowes in their adversite and to kepe him silfe vnspotted of the worlde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world. |
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| Language | James Chapter 1, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | Ang rilihiyon nga putli ug dili bulingon sa atubangan sa Dios nga atong Amahan mao kini: ang pagduaw sa mga ilo ug mga babayeng balo sa ilang mga pagkaguol, ug ang pag-amping sa kaugalingon nga dili mahugawan sa kalibutan. |
| Croatian | Bogoljubnost èista i neokaljana jest: zauzimati se za sirote i udovice u njihovoj nevolji, èuvati se neokaljanim od ovoga svijeta. |
| Danish | En ren og ubesmittet Gudsdyrkelse for Gud og Faderen er dette, at besøge faderløse og Enker i deres Trængsel, at holde sig selv uplettet af Verden. |
| Dutch | De zuivere en onbevlekte godsdienst voor God en den Vader is deze: wezen en weduwen bezoeken in hun verdrukking, en zichzelven onbesmet bewaren van de wereld. |
| Finnish | Puhdas ja tahraton jumalanpalvelus Jumalan ja Isän silmissä on käydä katsomassa orpoja ja leskiä heidän ahdistuksessaan ja varjella itsensä niin, ettei maailma saastuta. |
| French | La religion pure et sans tache, devant Dieu notre Père, consiste à visiter les orphelins et les veuves dans leurs afflictions, et à se préserver des souillures du monde. |
| German | Ein reiner unbefleckter Gottesdienst vor Gott dem Vater ist der: Die Waisen und Witwen in ihrer Trübsal besuchen und sich von der Welt unbefleckt erhalten. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketaatan beragama yang murni dan sejati menurut pandangan Allah Bapa ialah: menolong anak-anak yatim piatu dan janda-janda yang menderita, dan menjaga diri sendiri supaya jangan dirusakkan oleh dunia ini. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun ibadat yang suci dan tiada bercacat di hadirat Allah, yaitu Bapa, inilah dia: Melawat yatim piatu dan janda-janda di dalam kesusahannya, dan memeliharakan diri daripada dunia ini dengan tiada bercela. |
| Italian | Una religione pura e senza macchia davanti a Dio nostro Padre è questa: soccorrere gli orfani e le vedove nelle loro afflizioni e conservarsi puri da questo mondo. |
| Maori | Ko te karakia pono, ko te mea pokekore ki te aroaro o te Atua matua, ko ia tenei, Ko te tirotiro i nga pani i nga pouaru i o ratou mate, ko te tiaki i a ia ake kei poke i te ao. |
| Norwegian | En ren og usmittet gudsdyrkelse for Gud og Faderen er dette: å se til farløse og enker i deres trengsel, å holde sig selv uplettet av verden. |
| Rumanian | Religiunea curatq wi nekntinatq, knaintea lui Dumnezeu, Tatql nostru, este sq cercetqm pe orfani wi pe vqduve kn necazurile lor, wi sq ne pqzim nekntinayi de lume. |
| Shuar | Nekas Yus Apa awajitsuk shiir umirkatin Júiti: mitiaikiasha wajesha itiurchatnum pujuiniakuisha Yáintiniaiti tura ju nunkanam Ashí Tunáa ana Nújaisha Máatrashtiniaiti. |
| Swahili | Dini iliyo safi na isiyo na hitilafu mbele ya Mungu Baba ni hii: Kuwasaidia yatima na wajane katika shida zao, na kujilinda mwenyewe usichafuliwe na ulimwengu huu. |
| Uma | Ane po'ingku tauna to mo'agama mpu'u hante uma ria pebagiua-na ba kasalaia' -na hi poncilo Alata'ala to Tuama, hewa toi: mpewili' ana' ilu pai' tobalu to mpe'ahii' tuwu' -ra, pai' neo' mpotuku' gau' -ra to uma mpo'incai Alata'ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Untouched" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: uncoached, unstocked, untounched. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "untouched" (pronounced untu"kht) |
| 4 | -t u" kh t | touched. |
| 3 | -u" kh t | clutched. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-h-n-o-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: counted, notched, touched, uncouth. | |
-3 letters: chuted, cohune, docent, douche, eunuch, hunted, ouched, thoued, touche, tuchun, uncute. | |
-4 letters: cento, centu, chute, coden, coned, conte, coted, coude, count, couth, doeth, donut, douce, dunce, dunch, dutch, educt, honed, hound, notch, noted, ounce, outed, tench, teuch, toned, touch, tuned, uncut, undue. | |
-5 letters: cent, chon, code, coed, cone, cote. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-h-n-o-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: outpunched. | |
+2 letters: unretouched. | |
+3 letters: thundercloud. | |
+4 letters: thunderclouds. | |
+5 letters: counterpunched. | |
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