untried

English

Etymology

un- +‎ tried

Pronunciation

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Adjective

untried (not comparable)

Not yet tried or tested; unknown.
The new guy was inexperienced and untried.
- 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:
  With financial losses emerging in 1957, the BTC abandoned the diesel pilot scheme in favour of wholesale orders for untried designs.
(law) Not put on trial; not taken before a legal court.

Translations

not tested

Bulgarian: неизпробван (neizprobvan)
Finnish: kokeilematon, testaamaton, koettelematon
Greek: αδοκίμαστος (el) (adokímastos)
Latin: inexpertus

not taken to a lawcourt

Bulgarian: неразгледан (nerazgledan)
Finnish: syyttämättä jätetty
Greek: αδίκαστος (el) (adíkastos)

Anagrams

intrude, turdine, untired, untride

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