untested

adjective

un·​test·​ed ˌən-ˈte-stəd How to pronounce untested (audio)
: not put to a test : not proved by trial or experience
untested new drugs
an untested politician

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China has an untested military, a looming demographic crisis, a faltering economy and a forthcoming succession struggle. John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025 This dynamic may be leading more people to try purported psilocybin products that are untested and prohibited but nonetheless sold at some retail stores, says legal researcher Mason Marks, a law professor at Florida State University who focused on psychedelics. Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025 The dozens of lawsuits that followed had been entangled in legal imbroglios about how to interpret the untested law. Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 After last year’s poorly received stint in Las Vegas, the market will return to Los Angeles this November at a new, untested venue — the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for untested

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of untested was circa 1775

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“Untested.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untested. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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