untested
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4.6
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtɛstɪd/
:
no probado
- The new treatment remains untested and requires further evaluation before approval.
- remain untested
- largely untested
- untested assumptions
It was weird and untested and risky, and it worked.
- It was weird and untested and risky, and it worked.
- This is an untested part of the law.
- They can be phoned in, they're often untested.
- This is an untested format that we don't know the effects of.
- It's tricky because there are a lot of things that can feel like a hell yes at the untested phase of ideation.
- Therefore I'm going to take some nootropics, which are these unproven, like untested drugs, and just throw them in me and see what happens.
- Before us lies the future, one of great hopes and dreams, but a future unseen and untested.
- One, the company that you're investing in is new and untested, And two, you don't know how many shares you'll get.
- Grand Unified Theories, Guts for short, reproduced the standard model in the range that it had been tested already, but LED to deviations in untested ranges.
- You can't take an untested, untried move and get on a world champion black belt.
- You don't get thrust into one untested baby steps, they bring you in.
Examples
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As a result, practitioners have had to rely primarily on anecdotal evidence or untested theories for guidance.
Academic text (2013) -
But the lunar module was still untested, and landing on the moon held many unknowns.
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This is an untested part of the law.
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But you and I both know, that untested research on a page... it's just not enough.
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The basic point is back away from that which is novel and untested and in the direction of that which is time tested.
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The technology has not been used extensively in space; however, it is still relatively untested for such purposes.
Academic text (1997) -
The benefit to students without disabilities remains untested, but seems promising.
Academic text (2012) -
And the president is trying to say, look, this guy is untested and you can't trust him.
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Foreign aid is not exactly an untested remedy for global poverty in our day and age.
Academic text (2010) -
Although the analysis sheds some light on these untested hypotheses, it is, alas, a preliminary study.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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4.9
Not shown to be true or to work
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4.3
Not checked or thought about carefully
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5.3
Not tested or used before
1
6.3
No good evidence shows it is true
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5.9
Not carefully studied and without good proof
Not proven to be true by tests or studies
No official source or written record confirms it
Antonyms
How Tested
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Untested breaks into the prefix un- meaning 'not' and test meaning 'to try or check'. So, untested means 'not tried or checked', like a new idea or product that has not been examined yet.