untested

adjective un·test·ed \ ˌən-ˈte-stəd \

|Updated on: 12 Jul 2018

Definition of untested

: not put to a test : not proved by trial or experience

untested new drugs

an untested politician

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Recent Examples of untested from the Web

Their cases are on hold while a federal judge in San Francisco considers challenges to the state’s untested procedures for single-drug executions.

— bob egelko, SFChronicle.com, "Gov. Jerry Brown hints at new DNA testing in Kevin Cooper murder case," 3 July 2018
Single-payer health care is a politically untested idea that a number of Democratic candidates across the country have adopted.

— NBC News, "Democrats' October 'surprise' in the midterms? Hint: It has to do with health care costs," 10 June 2018
The focus of this administration and the Congress should be on addressing the factors that contribute to the under count of minorities rather than advocating for untested questions that undermine full participation in the Census.

— deborah barfield berry, USA TODAY, "Census urged to exclude undocumented immigrants in congressional seat count," 8 June 2018
Their cases are on hold while a federal judge in San Francisco considers challenges to the state’s untested procedures for single-drug lethal injections.

— bob egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, "Momentum grows to re-examine California case of convicted Death Row inmate," 18 May 2018
Additionally, federal funding has helped address the many untested rape kits and create protocols and teams to investigate and prosecute rape cases more sensitively and aggressively.

— ruth padawer, New York Times, "Should Statutes of Limitations for Rape Be Abolished?," 19 June 2018
That money is a good sign for a bill by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, that calls for the state to count all untested rape kits in a one-time audit.

— melody gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle, "California lawmakers OK budget with more money for schools, homelessness," 14 June 2018
Things went little better in 1961, when an untested and charismatic new president, John F. Kennedy, traveled to Vienna to meet with Nikita Khrushchev.

— jay winik, WSJ, "Summitry Can Be Risky Business," 3 May 2018
Schiefer said Cobb alone has submitted hundreds of previously untested rape kits, some of which are turning up new DNA leads.

— meris lutz, ajc, "Rape kit backlog yields new leads in metro Atlanta cold cases," 1 June 2018

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