untried - use in sentences

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • leave: The nobility however left no means untried to frustrate the proposals of Caesar.

Modifies a noun

  • prisoner: Almost without exception an untried prisoner will have a solicitor representing him.
  • technology: Some risks might be avoided altogether: you simply won't use that untried technology.
  • technique: Second relax into a rhythm and fish within your abilities, as the flashy or untried technique will probably land you in trouble.
  • method: Students who have learned by a certain method often seem willing to endorse the method in preference to other untried methods.
  • system: More is better, especially on untried systems where additional control experiments may be necessary.
  • manager: On the field we have had a long succession of untried, inexperienced managers.

Modifying Another Word

  • relatively: The bottom line is that wind turbines mounted on homes is relatively untried technology.
  • previously: Clayton was more taken with Holcroft's 4 cylinder idea, with the, previously untried, cranks at 135 degrees.
  • largely: These electronic systems were new to Britain and largely untried at the time.
  • yet: Such do you find with many a young soul fresh with a fervor most real but yet untried.
  • hitherto: Brian's eyes lit up at the prospect of food, especially delicacies hitherto untried.
  • often: Those who had begun the campaign as raw often untried troops ended as seasoned veterans, who had learned their lessons the hard way.

Used with adjective complement

  • leave: Meantime, no exertion must be spared, and no means left untried, to make our position known.
  • remain: According to Nostradamus none of these remedies work, or through lack of a clear decision remain untried.

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