untried

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adjective

Not yet tried or tested; unknown.

“The new guy was inexperienced and untried.”

Similar
untestedunseasonedyounginexperiencedinexperientnew
Opposite
testedtried and testedtried and truebattle-tested
OriginEnglish tried ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuntried (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot yet tried or tested; unknown.

    The new guy was inexperienced and untried.

    1 more example

    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

    Synonyms: untested · Antonyms: tested, tried and tested, tried and true, battle-tested

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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot yet tried or tested; unknown.

Similar
untested
Opposite
testedtried and testedtried and truebattle-tested

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot tried or tested by experience

Similar
unseasoneduntestedyounginexperiencedinexperient

adjectivenot yet proved or subjected to testing

Similar
untestednew
Also see
unseasoneduntestedyoung

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishtried
  9. Englishuntried

From un- + tried.

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Translations

Bulgarian неизпробван, неразгледан
  • неизпробван (neizprobvan)not tested
  • неразгледан (nerazgledan)not taken to a lawcourt
Finnish kokeilematon, testaamaton
  • kokeilematonnot tested
  • testaamatonnot tested
  • koettelematonnot tested
  • syyttämättä jätettynot taken to a lawcourt
Greek αδοκίμαστος, αδίκαστος
  • αδοκίμαστος (adokímastos)not tested
  • αδίκαστος (adíkastos)not taken to a lawcourt
Latin inexpertus
  • inexpertusnot tested

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

untried. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untried

MLA

“untried.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untried. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untried,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untried.

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