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# untouched

«untouched» in Mova's school dictionary: **not touched, not handled or not used** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Untouched means not touched, not handled or not used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#m1)

2) Untouched food has not been eaten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#m2)

3) Untouched means not damaged or changed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#m3)

4) Untouched can mean not affected emotionally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: «her dinner lay untouched» shows a character is upset or ill. In geography and nature: «untouched rainforest» has not been changed by people. In news: a house «untouched by the fire» was not damaged.

### examples

- His dinner lay untouched on the plate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#x1)
- The forest is still untouched by roads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#x2)
- The houses on the hill were untouched by the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#x3)
- The present sat untouched under the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#x4)
- She left her drink untouched. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#x5)
- Some beaches remain untouched and wild. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#x6)
- He seemed untouched by the sad story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#x7)
- But no, the keys were safe in their usual place, and the cupboard looked quite untouched. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/#x8)

### note

Opposite: touched, used, damaged. Often followed by «by». In maths: if 3 of 10 cookies were eaten, 7 are untouched.

### In the corpora

- [On his tenth birthday Corey sits by the phone all afternoon, cake untouched.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «untouched» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untouched/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.