untested
adjective
un·test·ed
ˌən-ˈte-stəd 
: not put to a test : not proved by trial or experience
untested new drugs
an untested politician
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Subjecting government responses to experimentation may be ethically thorny and often impractical, but subjecting millions of people to untested policies without strong scientific support for their benefits is also ethically charged.
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Eran Bendavid and Chirag Patel, STAT, 5 June 2024
The legal theory underpinning the prosecution included not only untested law, but a complex combination of statutes, one tucked inside another like a Russian nesting doll.
—Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 1 June 2024
Enforcement of such decisions is largely untested, however.
—Jake Spring, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2024
To police the post–Cold War world, which featured sundry challenges but no major enemy, was a new and untested proposition that more than a few Americans thought dubious.
—Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2023
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Eran Bendavid and Chirag Patel, STAT, 5 June 2024
The legal theory underpinning the prosecution included not only untested law, but a complex combination of statutes, one tucked inside another like a Russian nesting doll.
—Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 1 June 2024
Enforcement of such decisions is largely untested, however.
—Jake Spring, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2024
To police the post–Cold War world, which featured sundry challenges but no major enemy, was a new and untested proposition that more than a few Americans thought dubious.
—Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2023
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“Untested.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untested. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
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