untried

[ uhn-trahyd ]

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adjective

not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested: Insurance may not cover the cost if cheaper treatments exist or newer treatments are untried and unproven.
lacking the knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience; inexperienced: No contender is going to use an untried rookie in the last month of a playoff race when they have players with much more experience available.

not yet tried at law: He was imprisoned—uncharged and untried—solely for political reasons.

Origin of untried

First recorded in 1520–30; un-¹ + tried

Words Nearby untried

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How to use untried in a sentence

But here Virgin was fielding only one test vehicle that embodied a whole set of completely untried systems.
Virgin Galactic’s Flight Path to Disaster: A Clash of High Risk and Hyperbole | Clive Irving | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In short, I'm wondering if rather than being tried and found wanting, Keynesianism hasn't been found impossible and left untried.
What if Stimulus Works--But Only in Theory? | Megan McArdle | January 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The question then is whether the untried and unconvicted Guantanamo inmates require that level of security?
A Fate Worse Than Gitmo | Gerald L. Shargel | December 22, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
Do the untried and unconvicted Guantanamo inmates require this level of security?
A Fate Worse Than Gitmo | Gerald L. Shargel | December 22, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was an untried leap to the farmer, who nevertheless went at it like a thunderbolt and cleared it like a stag.
Hunted and Harried | R.M. Ballantyne

And just as he should not be the first to take up an untried word, so the young writer should not be the last to drop a dead one.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
All untried as we are with such waters, the moments are filled with intense anxiety.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No. 3, October 1899 | Various
Most old books have now been ferreted out, and perhaps the only earths yet untried are in the Yezidi villages of the Sinjar.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. Wigram
Bob Croaker was a noted fighter, Martin Rattler was, up to this date, an untried hero.
Martin Rattler | R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for untried

untried

/ (ʌnˈtraɪd) /

adjective

not tried, attempted, or proved; untested
not tried by a judge or court

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