untested

adjective

un·​test·​ed ˌən-ˈte-stəd How to pronounce untested (audio)
: not put to a test : not proved by trial or experience
untested new drugs
an untested politician

Examples of untested in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The uncrewed robot spacecraft reached the lunar surface on Thursday after a nail-biting final approach and descent in which a problem surfaced with the lander’s navigation system, requiring engineers on the ground to employ an untested work-around at the 11th hour. Reuters, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2024 Although there is fear in change, in moving from that which is known to the unpredictable and untested, Kahn believes that this is what lies at the heart of courageous leadership: understanding that there is a time to stay and a time to go. Sally Percy, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 The case presents a number of untested legal questions for the justices to consider and propels the nation's highest court into a politically fraught dispute just as millions of voters prepare to cast their ballots for the 2024 presidential election. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2024 The Chinese surveillance state remains untested in a less benign economic environment. Minxin Pei, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024 Your creaky, questionable, inconsistent, uncertain, untested columnist thanks you. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024 There are already signs that this seismic shift is impacting science, leading to untested hypotheses, unused grant dollars, and uncompleted projects in limbo for months to years because faculty are struggling to retain and recruit researchers. Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 15 Dec. 2023 But since the team didn’t have the funding to carry out expensive experiments, their suggestion went untested. Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024 And as the adherents’ suspicion of traditional medicine, the media and the government has grown, more people are willing to put their faith in untested treatments and unproven claims. David Klepper, Fortune Well, 31 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of untested was circa 1775

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“Untested.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untested. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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