untested
adjective
un·test·ed
ˌən-ˈte-stəd 
: not put to a test : not proved by trial or experience
untested new drugs
an untested politician
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Meanwhile in Louisiana, Hoffman's attorneys challenged the way the execution was to be carried out, saying the largely untested nitrogen gas method would violate his constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
The producer hired Robert Benton to write and direct the film and took a chance in casting a relatively untested Meryl Streep, and the drama — about a family torn apart by divorce — went on to win best picture and four other Academy Awards.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
This reflexive skepticism naturally extends to the victims’ rape kits—which partly explains why, every few years, a scandalous news report emerges about one municipality or another that either hoarded or destroyed its untested kits.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Government agencies are facing blistering criticism over their decision to allow untested — and potentially hazardous — wildfire ash and soil to be disposed of in municipal landfills across Southern California.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
The producer hired Robert Benton to write and direct the film and took a chance in casting a relatively untested Meryl Streep, and the drama — about a family torn apart by divorce — went on to win best picture and four other Academy Awards.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
This reflexive skepticism naturally extends to the victims’ rape kits—which partly explains why, every few years, a scandalous news report emerges about one municipality or another that either hoarded or destroyed its untested kits.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Government agencies are facing blistering criticism over their decision to allow untested — and potentially hazardous — wildfire ash and soil to be disposed of in municipal landfills across Southern California.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Untested.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untested. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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