3 ADJ [ADJ n, v-link ADJ , ADJ after v] An untouched area or place is thought to be beautiful because it is still in its original state and has not been changed or damaged in any way. □ Ducie is one of the world's last untouched islands, nearly 5,000km from Australia.
4 ADJ [v-link ADJ , ADJ after v, ADJ n] If food or drink is untouched , none of it has been eaten or drunk. □ The coffee was untouched, the toast had cooled.
un|to|ward /ʌ ntəwɔː r d, [AM ] -tɔː r d/ ADJ [ADJ n] If you say that something untoward happens, you mean that something happens that is unexpected and causes difficulties. [FORMAL ] □ The surveyor's report didn't highlight anything untoward. □ Tampering with a single enzyme can lead to untoward effects elsewhere.
un|trace|able /ʌ ntre I səb ə l/ ADJ If someone or something is untraceable , it is impossible to find them. □ …a world where electronic crime is untraceable.
un|trained /ʌ ntre I nd/
1 ADJ Someone who is untrained has not been taught the skills that they need for a particular job, activity, or situation. □ It is a nonsense to say we have untrained staff dealing with emergencies. □ Our Intelligence Service was untrained, cumbersome, and almost wholly ineffectual.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe a voice or a mind, for example, as untrained , you mean that it has not been developed through formal education or training. □ It was often said that he had the best untrained mind in politics.
un|tram|melled /ʌntræ m ə ld/ in AM, use untrammeled ADJ Someone who is untrammelled is able to act freely in the way they want to, rather than being restricted by something. [LITERARY ] □ The global credit crunch exposed the limits of untrammelled free markets. □ [+ by ] She thought of herself as a free woman, untrammelled by family relationships.
un|treat|ed /ʌ ntriː t I d/
1 ADJ [ADJ after v, ADJ n, v-link ADJ ] If an injury or illness is left untreated , it is not given medical treatment. □ If left untreated, the condition may become chronic. □ …the consequences of untreated tuberculosis.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Untreated materials, water, or chemicals are harmful and have not been made safe. □ …the dumping of nuclear waste and untreated sewage.
3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Untreated materials are in their natural or original state, often before being prepared for use in a particular process. □ All the bedding is made of simple, untreated cotton. □ In its untreated state the carbon fibre material is rather like cloth.
un|tried /ʌ ntra I d/ ADJ If someone or something is untried , they have not yet experienced certain situations or have not yet been tried out, so you do not know what they will be like. □ He was young and untried, with no reputation of his own. □ …a long legal battle through untried areas of law.
un|trou|bled /ʌ ntrʌ b ə ld/ ADJ If you are untroubled by something, you are not affected or worried by it. □ [+ by ] She is untroubled by the fact that she didn't win. □ …an untroubled night's sleep.
un|true /ʌ ntruː / ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If a statement or idea is untrue , it is false and not based on facts. □ The allegations were completely untrue. □ It was untrue to say that all political prisoners have been released. □ Such remarks are both offensive and untrue.
un|trust|wor|thy /ʌ ntrʌ stwɜː r ði/ ADJ If you say that someone is untrustworthy , you think they are unreliable and cannot be trusted. □ I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy. □ His opponents still say he's a fundamentally untrustworthy figure.
un|truth /ʌ ntruː θ/ (untruths /ʌ ntruː ðz/) N‑VAR An untruth is a lie. [FORMAL ] □ The Advertising Standards Authority accused estate agents of using blatant untruths. □ I have never uttered one word of untruth.
un|truth|ful /ʌ ntruː θfʊl/ ADJ If someone is untruthful or if they say untruthful things, they are dishonest and say things that they know are not true. □ He must not be untruthful, or a coward. □ Some people may be tempted to give untruthful answers.
un|tu|tored /ʌ ntjuː tə r d, [AM ] -tuː t-/ ADJ If someone is untutored , they have not been formally trained to do something, although they may be quite skilled at it. [FORMAL ] □ This untutored mathematician had an obsession with numbers. □ [+ in ] They had left school at fifteen and were quite untutored in writing.
un|typi|cal /ʌ nt I p I k ə l/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If someone or something is untypical of a particular type of person or thing, they are not a good example of the way that type of person or thing normally is. People sometimes say something is not untypical when they mean that it is quite normal. □ [+ of ] Anita Loos was in many respects untypical of the screenwriting trade. □ I believe our results are not untypical. ● un|typi|cal|ly /ʌ nt I p I kli/ ADV [ADV adj/-ed] □ Untypically for a man in that situation he became interested in Buddhism.
un|us|able /ʌ njuː zəb ə l/ ADJ Something that is unusable is not in a good enough state or condition to be used. □ Bombing had made roads and railways unusable.
un|used Pronounced /ʌ njuː zd/ for meaning 1 , and /ʌ njuː st/ for meaning 2 . 1 ADJ [ADJ n, ADJ after v, v-link ADJ ] Something that is unused has not been used or is not being used at the moment. □ …unused containers of food and drink.
2 ADJ If you are unused to something, you have not often done it or experienced it before, so it feels unusual and unfamiliar to you. □ [+ to ] Mother was entirely unused to such hard work.
un|usual ◆◇◇ /ʌnjuː ʒuəl/