untouchedun‧touched /ˌʌnˈtʌtʃt◂/ ●○○ adjective 
an island that has been untouched by time2not touched, moved, or eaten: Several papers lay untouched on the desk.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Most valuables were left untouched, but file cabinets had been emptied and searched.
- The guests has disappeared and the food was untouched.
- We managed to leave our savings untouched when we bought the new car.
- And this great country, which nurtured all of us, has not been left untouched.
- Apart from this, Prague was relatively untouched, visually, by the war.
- Others plan to leave the Southwest for northern states untouched by the drought that has left Arizona a tinderbox.
- Otherwise the body was untouched, the journalist said.
- The fish, virtually untouched by humans in 50 years, lined up to bite our hooks when we went fishing.
- The mean wastage rate therefore is 37.5 %, which gives us a figure for last year of 375m untouched desserts.
THESAURUS
existing in nature and not caused, made, or controlled by people: · a natural lake· natural light· the Earth's natural resources· We only use natural ingredients in our products.· his natural hair colour
used about flowers, plants, and animals that are not controlled by people. Also used about areas of land where there are no humans: · We found some wild strawberries.· wild horses· wild open spaces
used about food, drink, or materials that have not had anything added to them: · pure orange juice· pure new wool
used about fruit, vegetables, meat etc produced without using chemicals: · organic carrots· organic milk· organic beauty products
(also unspoilt British English) a place that is unspoiled is still beautiful because no one has built roads or buildings on it: · It was a pleasant unspoilt village.· The countryside is remarkably unspoiled.
[not before noun] a place that is untouched has not been affected by human activity: · There are few forested areas of the world that remain untouched by humans.
[only before noun] virgin forest or land is still in its natural state and has not been spoiled or changed in any way by humans: · Large areas of virgin rainforest will be protected from destruction.· He bought 14,000 acres of virgin land in Ontario.
Longman Language Activatoramounts of something that have not been used something that is unused , has not been used, especially because it has not been needed: · Any unused wool can be returned to the shop.· Unused ammunition was dumped by US planes over Laos.· the safe disposal of unused stocks of pharmaceutical products
not used at all - use this when it is unusual or surprising that something has not been used: · The guests had disappeared and the food was untouched.leave something untouched: · We managed to leave our savings untouched when we bought the new car.
untapped supplies of something, especially a natural product, have not been used: · Untapped reserves of oil and minerals are thought to lie beneath the desert.· The firm recognized that the potential of their databases went largely untapped.untapped resources: · The plants of the Australian outback represent a vast untapped resource.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He rose from the table, leaving his brandy untouched.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
He rose from the table, leaving his brandy untouched.· Milford, in the Derwent valley just south of Belper, is a complete and almost untouched late eighteenth-century industrial village.· People in this beautiful, airy town, almost untouched by the war, feel dishonored by the international scandal.· The problems of rural housing went almost untouched.· The same system of privileges survives almost untouched.· She was given a dry Martini, which she hated and put down almost untouched on a table when nobody was looking.
· This little community is still in existence, largely untouched by the march of time.· Yet, because the technology of the war was at a low level then, the land itself was largely untouched.· This is indeed the landscape of one's dreams, a paradise still largely untouched and unspoiled by the activities of man.· The ideology of what it was proper for women to do remained largely untouched.· The area is as yet largely untouched by the ugliness of mass afforestation and still a paradise for lovers of the outdoors.· In other words they are continuing to operate in their separate ways, largely untouched one by the other.· Most factories and other export earners were largely untouched by the floods.
· Apart from this, Prague was relatively untouched, visually, by the war.· Open office floors are relatively untouched.· Mercifully there are regions, east and north of Central Station, relatively untouched.
· The fish, virtually untouched by humans in 50 years, lined up to bite our hooks when we went fishing.· As a result, the great wealth and resources of the Church were left virtually untouched by government taxation.· One of the tanks has been planted and left to grow virtually untouched for about twenty years.· Clare had eaten half her beans, but Becky's and her own were virtually untouched.· Inside, the house is virtually untouched since that date.
WORD FAMILYadjectivetoucheduntouchedtouchingtouchyuntouchablenountouchuntouchableverbtouchadverbtouchingly
1not changed, damaged, or affected in any wayuntouched by an island that has been untouched by time2not touched, moved, or eaten: Several papers lay untouched on the desk.