untold
pronunciation
How to pronounce untold in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈtəʊld]
How to pronounce untold in American English:
US [ˌʌnˈtoʊld]
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- Adjective:
- of an incalculable amount
Word Origin
- untold (adj.)
- Old English unteald, "not counted or reckoned," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of tell (v.) in its original numerical sense. Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongetellet, German ungezahlt, Old Norse utaliðr. Meaning "not related or recounted" is recorded from late 14c.
Example
- 1. The past 20 years have created untold wealth .
- 2. At the cost of untold losses-a poem , a sigh .
- 3. Such a system could apply to corporate cards too , thus saving untold quantities of money and time .
- 4. Those untold acres of roadways and housing tracts are painstakingly designed to be decentralized , and short of a total physical overhaul that 's how they 'll remain .
- 5. While it is commendable to want to protect labourers in poor countries from toxic chemicals and nefarious brokers , these untold shipments raise the economic problem of resource depletion .