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adjective un·tried \ ˌən-ˈtrīd \

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1 :not tested or proved by experience or trial

a recruit untried in combat

2 :not tried in court

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Executions have been on hold since January 2014, when Dennis McGuire took 26 minutes to die using a new and untried lethal-injection cocktail involving midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a morphine derivative.

— jackie borchardt, cleveland.com, "Ohio death penalty opponents urge Gov. John Kasich to postpone executions," 19 July 2017
Phillips' execution has been delayed several times as death row inmates and death penalty opponents have challenged the state's untried protocol.

— jackie borchardt, cleveland.com, "Ohio death penalty opponents urge Gov. John Kasich to postpone executions," 19 July 2017
FDR was maneuvering to support Britain following Nazi victories in Western Europe and continued Japanese thrusts in Asia, while embarking on a political project as yet untried: running for a third presidential term.

— marc selverstone, The Atlantic, "American Presidents for Decades Secretly Recorded Their Conversations," 23 May 2017
Gigging reflects the endlessly personalizable values of our own era, but its social effects, untried by time, remain uncertain.

— nathan heller, The New Yorker, "Is the Gig Economy Working?," 15 May 2017
Gigging reflects the endlessly personalizable values of our own era, but its social effects, untried by time, remain uncertain.

— nathan heller, The New Yorker, "Is the Gig Economy Working?," 15 May 2017
Gigging reflects the endlessly personalizable values of our own era, but its social effects, untried by time, remain uncertain.

— nathan heller, The New Yorker, "Is the Gig Economy Working?," 15 May 2017
Gigging reflects the endlessly personalizable values of our own era, but its social effects, untried by time, remain uncertain.

— james hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: Ivanka Trump’s life of privilege undermines the credibility of her new book’s message," 8 May 2017
Despite overwhelming support for Macron across the continent, the new French leader remains a political novice, untried and untested on European issues.

— Washington Post, "Macron election gives a gasping EU a breath of fresh air," 8 May 2017

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