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adjective
Date: 1526
1. not tested or proved by experience or trial <a recruit untried in combat> 2. not tried in court
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
untried
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untried — index inconclusive, inexperienced, moot, novel, unaccustomed, unconfirmed, unsettled Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
untried — (adj.) 1510s, not proven or tested, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of TRY (Cf. try) … Etymology dictionary
untried — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not yet tested; inexperienced … English terms dictionary
untried — [untrīd′] adj. 1. not tried; not attempted, tested, or proved 2. not tried in court … English World dictionary
untried — un|tried [ˌʌnˈtraıd] adj 1.) not having any experience of doing a particular job ▪ a young and untried minister 2.) something that is untried has not been tested to see whether it is successful ▪ untried and untested ways to make money … Dictionary of contemporary English
untried — [[t]ʌ̱ntra͟ɪd[/t]] ADJ If someone or something is untried, they have not yet experienced certain situations or have not yet been tried out, so you do not know what they will be like. He was young and untried, with no reputation of his own. ...a… … English dictionary
untried — adjective 1 not having any experience of doing a particular job: a young and untried minister 2 not yet tested to see whether it is successful: a relatively new and untried method … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
untried — adjective Not yet tried or tested; unknown. The new guy was inexperienced and untried … Wiktionary
untried — /un truyd /, adj. 1. not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested. 2. not yet tried at law. [1520 30; UN 1 + TRIED] * * * … Universalium
untried — Synonyms and related words: a novice at, a stranger to, callow, dewy, ever new, evergreen, firsthand, fledgling, fresh, green, green as grass, groundless, half baked, ignorant, immature, inconclusive, indecisive, inexperienced, intact, maiden,… … Moby Thesaurus
