untested

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US /ənˈtɛstɪd/
adj Freq #35896

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not tried or tested by experience

    The team looked good in practice but was untested in competition.

  2. 2
    adj

    not yet proved or subjected to testing

    This drug is untested but could prove promising.

  3. 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

Etymology

From un- + tested.

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