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untried

adj · 4 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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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not yet tried or tested; unknown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The new guy was inexperienced and untried.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: untested

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

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not put on trial; not taken before a legal court.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

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, untested, young

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

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: untested

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 tried English untried From un- + tried.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неизпробван (neizprobvan) — not tested
  • Finnish: kokeilematon — not tested
  • Finnish: testaamaton — not tested
  • Finnish: koettelematon — not tested
  • Greek: αδοκίμαστος (adokímastos) — not tested
  • Latin: inexpertus — not tested
  • Bulgarian: неразгледан (nerazgledan) — not taken to a lawcourt
  • Finnish: syyttämättä jätetty — not taken to a lawcourt
  • Greek: αδίκαστος (adíkastos) — not taken to a lawcourt