DictionaryRoot: un-
English
un-
not
Forms
- un-
Origin
From Old English un-, an inherited Germanic negative prefix.
Note
The un- that means “not” has a different history from the un- used to reverse an action, though their uses can overlap.
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adjective
untold
Too great in amount or extent to measure or describe.
Etymology
Tell once commonly meant count. Untold quantities are uncounted and, by extension, too numerous or extensive to reckon.