untouched

Adjective

(comparative more untouched, superlative most untouched)

Remaining in its original, pristine state, undamaged.
There are practically no untouched forests left in Europe.
Not eaten.
He left his vegetables untouched.
Not influenced, affected or swayed.
She was untouched by his tale of woes.
Not having come in contact.
Our chocolates are untouched by human hands.
Not talked about.
Politics was an untouched topic in our family.

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He wore an ill-fitting suit and his neck seemed to be untouched by an oversized collar.
When a chamber has been excavated and completely filled the slice adjoining is mined out, or at times a block of ground may be left untouched between two filled chambers and then mined out.
His disciples were not all of one school, but many eminent scholars who apparently have been untouched by his influence have in fact developed some of the many ideas which he suggested.
Untouched, only the bare outlines may very well be historical.
To secure the perpendicularity of the shaft, it is necessary to leave a large mass or pillar of the seam untouched around the pit bottom.

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