: not put to a test: not proved by trial or experience
untested new drugs
an untested politician
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Recent Examples on the WebToday, about 1,800 cases’ worth of evidence remains untested. Catherine Rentz, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2022 Her tough-on-crime approach remains untested with an electorate that has used the ballot box over the last decade to favor rehabilitation programs over longer prison terms. Hannah Wileystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 Attention, world: JoJo Ramey remains untested in the 200- and 400-meter freestyles. David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2022 Critics caution that there are many unregulated and untested products on the market. Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 12 July 2021 Even more worrisome than the bottom line for some companies is the possibility that supply-chain snarls in untested new facilities will keep them from delivering the final products. Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022 Which group is better positioned for the stretch run -- a young, hungry and untested team or a veteran team? Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2022 Stein’s Republican opponent in 2020, Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill, cited the law while demanding that the board investigate a political ad that accused the Republican of letting more than a thousand rape kits go untested. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022 In other words, the Republican Party, in putting forward untested candidates and refusing to cut ties with the former president, might do for the Democrats what Biden himself has not been able to achieve even with his major legislative victories. Julian Zelizer, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 See More