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untested

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N T EH1 S T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Not previously tested.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: untried

Antonyms: tested, tried and tested, tried and true, battle-tested

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

not tried or tested by experience

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unseasoned artillery volunteers
  • still untested in battle
  • an illustrator untried in mural painting
  • a young hand at plowing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unseasoned, untried, young

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not yet proved or subjected to testing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an untested drug
  • untested theory
  • an untried procedure

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: untried

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tested English untested From un- + tested.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: netestovaný — not previously tested
  • Czech: neotestovaný — not previously tested
  • Danish: utestet — not previously tested
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδοκίμαστος (adokímastos) — not previously tested
  • Latin: inexpertus — not previously tested
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utestet — not previously tested