untouched
8
2.1
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtʌtʃt/
:
sin tocar
- The bathroom is cold; the fresh towels I hung a week ago are still there untouched.
- remain untouched
A brand new untouched deck of cards.
- A brand new untouched deck of cards.
Examples
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A brand new untouched deck of cards.
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I send him food, but it comes back untouched.
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But his bed is untouched.
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Each day it gets easier, because each untouched plate of food brings me one step closer to my wedding day.
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Jenny had a cup of tea, too, but her cup sat on the table, untouched.
Fiction book (1999) -
He handed the pack of cigarettes back to me, untouched.
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We left them untouched.
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Benj kept filling his fork and then setting it back down on the plate, untouched.
Fiction book (1990) -
Tonight, Julie came through the scullery with a nearly untouched piece of cheesecake amidst the dinner debris on her tray.
Fiction book (1994) -
The glass of water sat, untouched, on the dusty floor beside Denali's cot.
Synonyms
63
5.1
Very clean and fresh, like new
22
3.0
Not interrupted or bothered so things stay the same
15
1.0
Still closed and in its original package
11
3.9
Not damaged or rotten and still in a fresh, natural state
6
1.0
A thing that is still new and never touched
5
3.7
Still in its original state and not changed
5
1.0
Food that no one has eaten yet
5
6.5
Left alone and not harmed or disturbed
1
4.5
Something left because no one ate or used it
1
7.8
Not yet tried by eating or drinking
Not opened or changed from the original condition
Remains unharmed and in its original state
How Consumed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Untouched is made of un- 'not' and touch 'to touch'. A helpful way to remember this sense is that an untouched cake is 'not touched' — nobody has eaten or used it, so it stays full.