untold

[ uhn-tohld ]

adjective

1. not told; not related; not revealed:

   untold thoughts.

2. not numbered or enumerated; uncounted:

   She used untold sheets of paper in writing the book.

3. inexpressible; incalculable:

   untold suffering.

untold

/ ʌnˈtəʊld /

adjective

1. incapable of description or expression

   untold suffering

2. incalculably great in number or quantity

   untold thousands

3. not told

Word History and Origins

Origin of untold¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English unteald. See un- ¹, told

Example Sentences

He subsequently played a villain in the “Fast & the Furious” franchise, Aramis in “The Three Musketeers,” a dragon slayer in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit movies, Vlad the vampire in “Dracula Untold” and the vainglorious Gaston in Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Israeli armed forces have inflicted untold misery on the civilian population of Gaza in retaliation for the grotesque Hamas attacks of Oct.

From Los Angeles Times

A former Welsh Guard has described having a "catastrophic breakdown" after witnessing untold horrors in Afghanistan.

From BBC

Patty Perkinson is not ready to give up on her Rancho Palos Verdes home — despite the active landslide causing untold damage and now the loss of vital utilities.

From Los Angeles Times

The effect of all of these Trump loyalists effectively preaching propaganda on Trump’s behalf has been to strengthen the idea of a grand conspiracy against Trump that reaches untold numbers of vulnerable people through the internet, TV, and podcasts.

From Slate

Related Words

• countless
• hidden
• immense
• incalculable
• indescribable
• innumerable
• staggering
• uncounted
• unimaginable
• unspeakable