untested C1 Topic:House & Home US /ənˈtɛstɪd/ See IPA manual Freq #35896 Meanings 1 adj not tried or tested by experience The team looked good in practice but was untested in competition. 2 adj not yet proved or subjected to testing This drug is untested but could prove promising. 3 adj Not previously tested. If the promising but untested treatment would replace EET, the head-to-head comparison would be similar to the "placebo-controlled" trials I've already described, but with EET in place of the placebo. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not tried or tested by... young 2 adj · not yet proved or subjected... untried 3 adj · not previously tested. untried Common collocations untested theory Adjective + noun Etymology From un- + tested. Topics House & Home External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # untested **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ənˈtɛstɪd/ **Frequency rank:** 35896 ## Meanings 1. not tried or tested by experience 2. not yet proved or subjected to testing 3. Not previously tested. ## Examples - The team looked good in practice but was untested in competition. - This drug is untested but could prove promising. - If the promising but untested treatment would replace EET, the head-to-head comparison would be similar to the "placebo-controlled" trials I've already described, but with EET in place of the placebo. ## Etymology From un- + tested. ## Topics - House & Home markdown