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untried

adjective

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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.

  1. Not yet tried or tested; unknown.

    The new guy was inexperienced and untried.

    With financial losses emerging in 1957, the BTC abandoned the diesel pilot scheme in favour of wholesale orders for untried designs.

  2. Not put on trial; not taken before a legal court.