untried
untried
Definition
un·tried (-trīd′)
adjective
- not tried; not attempted, tested, or proved
- not tried in court
- untrimmed
- untrod
- untroubled
untried
Synonyms
untried
Usage Examples
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
Browse dictionary entries near untried
- untread
- untraveled
- untrammeled
- untrained
- untracked
- untoward
- untouched
- untouchable
- untold
- unto
- untroubled
- untrue
- untruss
- untrustworthy
- untruth
- untruthful
- untruthfully
- untuck
- untutored
- untwine
