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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Ever the fighter, Cuomo refused to drop out of the mayoral race after losing the primary, electing to run as a third party candidate in the hopes of rallying support from voters who saw Mamdani as too untested and too far left to govern effectively.
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Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Bush was then the two-term governor of Texas, appealing but in some ways untested.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
In 1967, he was sentenced to life in prison — his confession to the 13 strangulations remaining legally untested.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
To send astronauts to and from the moon, Starship will have to refuel in Earth orbit and land upright on the lunar surface—capabilities that are new and untested.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
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Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Bush was then the two-term governor of Texas, appealing but in some ways untested.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
In 1967, he was sentenced to life in prison — his confession to the 13 strangulations remaining legally untested.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
To send astronauts to and from the moon, Starship will have to refuel in Earth orbit and land upright on the lunar surface—capabilities that are new and untested.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Untested.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untested. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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