untried

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ tried.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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.

Translations

not tested

• Bulgarian: неизпробван (neizprobvan)
• Finnish: kokeilematon, testaamaton, koettelematon
• Greek: αδοκίμαστος (el) (adokímastos)
• Latin: inexpertus

not taken to a lawcourt

• Bulgarian: неразгледан (nerazgledan)
• Finnish: syyttämättä jätetty
• Greek: αδίκαστος (el) (adíkastos)

Anagrams

• intrude, turdine, untired, untride