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 →

2) Untouched food has not been eaten. tree →

3) Untouched means not damaged or changed. tree →

4) Untouched can mean not affected emotionally. tree →

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 →
• The forest is still untouched by roads. tree →
• The houses on the hill were untouched by the flood. tree →
• The present sat untouched under the tree. tree →
• She left her drink untouched. tree →
• Some beaches remain untouched and wild. tree →
• He seemed untouched by the sad story. tree →
• But no, the keys were safe in their usual place, and the cupboard looked quite untouched. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «untouched» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.