untouched

adjective

Definition of untouchednext
as in unaltered

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Recent Examples of untouched The result is a politics in which almost everyone agrees that reform is urgently needed, provided someone else pays, and their own group’s advantages remain untouched. — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 Walking back to a hotel room and finding the bed untouched is no longer necessarily a sign that housekeeping forgot about you. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 This included landings on untouched white sand beaches, in the shadow of immense glaciers, with ice floes drifting quietly offshore. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026 In Chester County, an affluent region west of Philadelphia, a lawyer left cases untouched for as long as two years before the county ended his contract last fall. — Samantha Melamed, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for untouched
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untouched
  1. unaltered
  2. unspoiled
  3. unharmed
  4. undamaged
  5. unblemished
  6. uncontaminated
  7. unsullied
  8. untainted
Adjective
  • Sellers must include at least one unaltered photo of the actual item against a real background.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • These unaltered cosmic fingerprints let researchers map the temperatures, environmental conditions, and chemical reservoirs that produced organic matter billions of years ago.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of unaltered
Adjective
  • Seghers transforms Cooper into another of her restless desperadoes—a Vietnam vet in quest of an unspoiled world.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Thompson’s work is more personal, painted from the perspective of a hiker passing through an open space, looking up and around at the buttes and the flora, exploring unspoiled ground in search of some spiritual connection to nature.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of unspoiled
Adjective
  • Officers found the child unharmed and took the child to a hospital for evaluation.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Everyone made it out of the shoot unharmed, but the finished product is filled with harrowing set-pieces that are sure to push audiences to the brink.
    — William Earl, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of unharmed
Adjective
  • The people on the floor decide whether a customer order ships on time, in full, and undamaged.
    — Allan Malcolm, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Make sure your pump is firmly plugged into a GFCI outlet and the cord is undamaged.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of undamaged
Adjective
  • Quickly, the holes would shrink and his body would return to its original, unblemished condition.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Look for those with smooth, unblemished skin with a stem still attached.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of unblemished
Adjective
  • For residents in the surrounding area, the water is still safe to drink, as the source remains uncontaminated, the city said.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Even though Scottish Water already recycled uncontaminated sample bottles, the Generations technology offers a much better way to process large volumes of the waste.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of uncontaminated
Adjective
  • In Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, evil is a native sickness that contaminates an otherwise perfect, unsullied child of empire.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But the prosecutor leading the case against the Tates, Rareș Stan, had an unsullied reputation.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Definition of unsullied
Adjective
  • Plant operators must prove to nearby towns that their water tables remain untainted.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In theory, this untainted market response can then guide Fed officials debating whether to raise or lower rates.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of untainted

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“Untouched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untouched. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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