Dictionary

untried en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tried English untried From un- + tried.

Meanings

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

Antonyms

tested · tried and true · tried and tested · battle-tested

Coordinates

unproven · experimental

Deriveds

untriedness

Synonyms

untested

Translations (9)

fi syyttämättä jätetty (not taken to a lawcourt) · la inexpertus (not tested) · el αδίκαστος (not taken to a lawcourt) · bg неизпробван (not tested) · el αδοκίμαστος (not tested) · fi testaamaton (not tested) · fi koettelematon (not tested) · fi kokeilematon (not tested) · bg неразгледан (not taken to a lawcourt)