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untolled

untolled

9.4
A bell that people do not ring to mark a time or event
  • adjective
: sin sonar
  • In memory of the lost sailors, the bell was left untolled that evening.

Examples

  • The church bell remained untolled during the quiet afternoon.

  • The bell remained untolled during the ceremony.

  • The hour passed untolled, unnoticed by anyone in the empty hall.

  • We heard the untolled chimes echoing in the distance.

  • The church bell remained untolled throughout the somber service.

  • In a moment of silence, the bell was kept untolled to honor the fallen.

  • As the evening went on, the hour passed untolled, its significance lost to the crowd.

Synonyms

uncried
vsuntolled
9.8

People do not announce it aloud when they should be heard

refers specifically to bells or counts not sounded or declared

Surface Forms

untolled positive

Morphology

untolled = tolled (semi-transparent) = un + toll + ed

Formally 'un-' + 'tolled' yields 'not tolled', but the verb sense 'to toll' meaning 'to ring (a bell)' is less familiar to some learners, making the relation not fully transparent.

Etymology

The word untolled is formed from un- 'not' and toll 'to ring a bell'. So an untolled bell or hour is one that was left silent and not sounded.