untried

Examples

• All

• You went into battle with an untried gun?

  Fiction book (1996)

• You are a new king, Balam, young and brave and untried.

  Kings of the Sun (1963)

• There is no chance, no untried operation.

  Tommy (1975)

• Again, it is an untried issue in Canada.

  Academic text (1999)

• New or untried drugs should be avoided when an alternative with a known 'safe' history is available.

  Academic text (2011)

• A second option would be to search for new and untried approaches to the issue of social skills in inclusive settings.

  Academic text (2004)

• Because their regiments were new and untried, they had far more men in them than units that had already seen hard fighting.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The only workable solution is some form of cultural integration, untried though it may be.

  Academic text (1995)

• Attention at this juncture to untried approaches may yield new possibilities of interpretation.

  Academic text (2004)

• Having exhausted the less invasive options, only one radical, experimental surgical procedure remains untried.

  Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

U

untested

vsuntried

28 4.6

Not tried before to check if it works

is the broader idea of being new and not previously experienced

U

unused

vsuntried

6 1.0

A thing that is still new and never touched

refers to lacking prior experience or exposure rather than mere newness

U

unseasoned

vsuntried

1 6.5

A person who has little experience in a job or activity

is neutral and applies to anything simply not previously experienced

U

unattempted

vsuntried

4.9

Not tried or done yet

is about being new and having no prior experience with it

U

undrilled

vsuntried

6.0

Not trained or practiced in basic routines like marching

covers general absence of prior experience rather than missing practice drills

U

unevaluated

vsuntried

5.6

Not yet checked for quality or value

is concerned with being inexperienced rather than not having been assessed

U

undemonstrated

vsuntried

7.2

Not proven to be true by tests or studies

focuses on absence of prior experience rather than lack of proof

Antonyms

T

tried

2.0

Known to work well because people have used it before

How Experienced

veteran

153 4.1

seasoned

34 4.0

experienced

138 2.1

inexperienced

66 3.4

untried

5 5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology