“+ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from un- (I) + touched, past participle of touchen to touch
1.
a. : not subjected to touching : not handled
the new piano stood untouched for weeks
b. : not traveled or explored
free to pursue their explorations in almost untouched territory — Times Literary Supplement
c. : not reached
an enormous and hitherto untouched audience — Harrison Smith
2. : not described or dealt with
in the second volume he left few areas of our life untouched — J.D.Adams
3.
a. : left in an intact state or condition : not damaged or injured
it refreshed him to see something untouched , unscarred, unhardened by suffering — Joseph Conrad
b. : untasted
stood at the edge of the group with an untouched cocktail in her hand — Louis Auchincloss
c.
(1) : being in the first state or condition : not altered, treated, or worked on
this small cherrywood chest-on-chest … is in its original untouched condition — Antiques
published the full and untouched text of his father's diary — W.C.Ford
(2) : aboriginal , primeval
its brooding magic of an untouched world — Anita Leslie
a very early human being, standing upon an untouched earth — Emma Hawkridge
4.
a. : not influenced : unaffected
stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world — V.L.Parrington
b. : not disturbed or swayed by emotion : calm , unmoved
the difficulty is to keep oneself untouched in a crowd — Lewis Vogler
5. : unequaled
a perfection of form … untouched in English letters — H.J.Laski
• un·touched·ness noun -es