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
Etymology
From un- + tested.