untold damage

collocation in English

meaningsofuntoldanddamage

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untold
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈtəʊld/us
/ʌnˈtoʊld/
so great in amount or level that it can not be measured or expressed ...
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damage
noun
uk
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofuntoldanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It makes nonsense of the idea of fair play, and will dountolddamageto industrial relations.
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The mere fact that there had to be such an amnesty is evidence that there was a real evil there, doinguntolddamage.
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Strikes on the railways are doing a great disservice to the trade union movement anduntolddamageto the nation's economy.
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They will have doneuntolddamage, and we should vote against the new clause.
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They dountolddamageto the teachers' cause.
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I will give an instance of the sort of way in which a single individual through carelessness can dountolddamage.
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That policy would dountolddamageto our economic prospects and to employment.
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It then goes on and inflictsuntolddamageon the home grower.
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The village as a whole would sufferuntolddamageif this were to be the case.
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They have doneuntolddamageto the security of the people and to the fabric of our society, including the environment.
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I believe it to be doinguntolddamageto this country.
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That was a vindictive and destructive measure which has wroughtuntolddamageto the business of this country.
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The loss of their talents, furthermore, is inflictinguntolddamageon our internationally acclaimed theatre, television and film industries.
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That can dountolddamagein the short and the long term.
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On one page this pamphlet states that the number of deer must be kept within reasonable limits as they dountolddamageto farmers' crops.
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They should prevent the worst excesses of monetarism which, if persisted in, will dountolddamageto the fabric of our society.
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If we allow the document before us to pass, it will dountolddamageto our milk producers.
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Re-nationalisation is totally unjustifiable and will dountolddamageto the efficiency of the steel industry and to its competitive position in the world.
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Predict and provide is a top-down approach and doesuntolddamage.
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Damage to the roads alone totalled £144,000 and there wasuntolddamageto farms and households.
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