attempt
verb (used with object)
to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek.
unattempted
-
a word derived from
attempt.
Example Sentences
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In Vienna, Prof. Maximilian Langster, famed mesmerist, advertised that he would perform feats of hypnotism "hitherto unattempted."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is true that this Inquiry is narrowed almost to a single point: But general criticism is as uninstructive as it is easy: Shakespeare deserves to be considered in detail;—a task hitherto unattempted.
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by David Nichol Smith
The problem which "humanity" posed to Mr. Hughes is as yet unattempted.
From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace) Gilbert
"Oh! if that be the state of the case," replied Foote, "I will give you a motto from Milton for the work in its present state: 'Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.'"
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
To be a quality force within community a nurse must open her being to the endless innovative possibilities and unattempted choices available to her.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
