untouched

/ˌˈʌnˌtʌtʃt/

/ənˈtʌtʃt/

Something untouched has literally not been touched (like the untouched spinach on your plate), or has not been emotionally moved (like the hardened criminal who remains untouched throughout his victim's testimony).

If you're not moved to some emotion, you're untouched, and if your dog doesn't eat his dinner, you'll see an untouched bowl of kibble still sitting there in the morning. You might find it hard to remain untouched by the fresh, white, untouched snow. This adjective comes from touched, which can mean "emotionally moved" or "physically affected." Add the "not" prefix un-, and you get untouched.

Definitions of untouched

1. adjective

   showing no emotion or reaction to something
   synonyms: unaffected, unmoved

   unaffected

   undergoing no change when acted upon

   unemotional

   unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
2. adjective

   not influenced or affected
   “"stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington”

   synonyms: uninfluenced, unswayed

   unaffected

   undergoing no change when acted upon
3. adjective

   not tasted
   synonyms: untasted

   full

   containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
4. adjective

   not having come in contact
   antonyms:

   touched

   having come into contact

   brushed

   touched lightly in passing; grazed against

   grazed

   scraped or touched lightly in passing