untried

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ tried.

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untried (not comparable)

  1. Not yet tried or tested; unknown.
    Synonym: untested (sometimes synonymous)
    Antonyms: tested, tried and tested, tried and true; battle-tested
    Coordinate terms: experimental; unproven
    The new guy was inexperienced and untried.
    • 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:
      With financial losses emerging in 1957, the BTC abandoned the diesel pilot scheme in favour of wholesale orders for untried designs.
  2. (law) Not put on trial; not taken before a legal court.

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