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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
untold
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
untold harm (=so much harm that it cannot be described completely)
▪ This type of abuse can cause a child untold harm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
damage
▪ However, incorrect stretching can cause untold damage and even permanent injuries in extreme cases.
▪ Inaccurate information from an uninformed physician can cause untold damage to the best educational program.
▪ They were already well within the shield zone and, had the barge been hostile, it could have inflicted untold damage.
▪ The slide seemed empty, yet its contents could do untold damage.
▪ On the contrary, said the voice, it could do his case untold damage.
▪ It could inflict untold damage if he were to break that trust and be indiscreet.
misery
▪ That had led to the war, and to untold misery before that, for several generations.
▪ It's a familiar scene that can cause workers untold misery and loss of self-confidence.
▪ Its regime - which Prince Philip believed would turn his sons into real men - had caused Charles untold misery and damage.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Untold numbers of innocent people died in the prisons.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It gobbled up still untold millions of dollars.
▪ Outside stood untold thousands of protesters and 10,000 state troops to quell them.
▪ Shaw had been brought up in untold luxury and was used to having his own money.
▪ There would be untold anguish to purge in the group sessions.
▪ They spent untold quantities of blood in pursuit of an inhuman ideology, with no compunctions and no second thoughts.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Untold

Untold \Un*told"\, a.

  1. Not told; not related; not revealed; as, untold secrets.

  2. Not numbered or counted; as, untold money.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
untold

Old English unteald, "not counted or reckoned," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of tell (v.) in its original numerical sense. Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongetellet, German ungezahlt, Old Norse utaliðr. Meaning "not related or recounted" is recorded from late 14c.

Wiktionary
untold

a. 1 Not told; not related; not revealed. 2 Not numbered or counted.

WordNet
untold

adj. of an incalculable amount; "untold suffering"

Wikipedia
Untold

In 2003, Pete Francis released Untold, an album that looked into Pete's rock side more than So They Say had. Untold featured tracks like Burning the River, which was originally written for Dispatch, but stirred argument from the drummer/vocalist Brad Corrigan. Tracks range from a general rock feel to reggae and acoustic.

Untold (musician)

Untold aka Jack Dunning, is an electronic producer from London. He released his first solo record on Hessle Audio in 2008 and has since released on R&S Records, Soul Jazz, Clone Records and more. He released his debut album 'Black Light Spiral' on his own label, Hemlock Recordings in February 2014

Untold (TV series)

Untold is a news program, hosted by Maria Menounos, that premiered on E! at 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central on Thursday, July 17, 2014.

Untold (horse)

Untold (23 March 1983 – 2005) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a two-year-old she showed very promising form, winning two of her three races including the Fillies' Mile. In the following year she was campaigned exclusively at Group One level and emerged as a top-class middle-distance performer and stayer. She finished second in the Epsom Oaks and third in the Irish Oaks before recording her biggest success in the Yorkshire Oaks. She finished third when matched against male opposition and made favourite for the St Leger before ending her career by finishing sixth in the Champion Stakes. She had little success as a dam of winners.

Usage examples of "untold".

From horizon to horizon, the black velvet of the night sky was bespangled with an untold myriad of twinkling stars.

The mercenary units had been severely depleted by providing drivers for so many Oltenian vehicles, and a single Molt with a power gun could wreak untold havoc among the belts of live ammunition being fed to the hogs.

To all who are under our treatment we devote our highest energies and skill, fully realizing that an untold blessing is conferred upon every person whom we cure, and that such cures insure the permanency of our business.

CLOSED DOORS The Untold Story of the Gordon Spangler Murders The pages sounded like the ruffled wings of a bird when I fanned through them.

His mind was barraged by dozens of messages unsent to loved ones, and an untold number of emotions ranging from panic and terror to remorse and relief assaulted his psyche.

Despite the ongoing telephone contact with Governor Barnett and his representatives, it not only appeared as if the state government was going to continue its rebellion, 96AN AMERICAN INSURRECTION but FBI intelligence was indicating that the state would be supported in the streets by untold thousands of civilian volunteers from across the country.

When men are framing a supreme law and chart of government, to secure blessings and prosperity to untold generations yet to come, they use language as short and direct and plain as can be found, to express their meaning In all matters but this of slavery the framers of the Constitution used the very clearest, shortest, and most direct language.

The little daughters of the fur-traders, the government officials, the station masters, wheeltappers and platelayers will flock to the conservatory, and, besides, what untold talent might not be discovered amongst the children of the native Siberian peasants themselves?

The fruit, however, was soon exhausted, and, after untold exertions, Huon made his way over the mountains to a fertile valley, the retreat of Titania, queen of the fairies, who had quarreled with Oberon, and who was waiting here until recalled to fairyland.

These schools are mainly for the higher and secondary education of the Negro and have accomplished untold good.

What I find astonishing is that Efrel claims the Scylredi still have functional seacraft after untold millennia.

They maintained that many such spirits were attracted to the magnetic aura of mortals-although the spirit, as well as the mortal, might be unconscious of the intrusion-and thus, by obsessing or possessing their victims, they ignorantly or maliciously became the cause of untold mischief, often producing invalidism, immorality, crime and seeming insanity.

He also urged upon humanity the great need for inquiry into the subject of spirit influence, saying that a proper understanding would prevent untold misery to both spirits and their unfortunate mortal victims.

Komodo dragons, crocodiles, ostriches, baboons, capybaras, wild boars, leopards, manatees, ruminants in untold numbers.

Untold numbers of grazing animals, and the carnivores that preyed on them, roamed the vast prairies, but people were few.