untried

adjective

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un·tried | \ ˌən-ˈtrīd

Definition of untried

1 : not tested or proved by experience or trial a recruit untried in combat

2 : not tried in court

Examples of untried in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Among those companies trailblazing the introduction of previously untried amenities, The Residences of Mandarin Oriental is notable. — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 28 May 2021 Perhaps the bombs, which may not have entered production, were built to test fuzes or the penetration capability of new, untried nose assemblies. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2021 But most restrictions have only tightened since, leaving Germany to countenance hitherto untried options like compulsory testing and curfews. — The Economist, 31 Mar. 2021 Virtually no tool of terror was left untried to silence dissent. — Nile Gardiner, National Review, 3 Mar. 2021 What other solutions to housing affordability are untried? — Star Tribune, 22 Jan. 2021 Blocking—or even reducing—that radiation would mean adding weight to an already unproven craft on an untried human journey. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Dec. 2020 On both sides of the ball, the Tigers had untried players. — Giana Han, al, 27 Sep. 2020 This kind of Lincolnian discourse has not been tried and found wanting in 2020, it has been found difficult and left untried. — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 14 Aug. 2020

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