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UNTESTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does untested mean?
• UNTESTED (adjective)
The adjective UNTESTED has 2 senses:
1. not tried or tested by experience
2. not yet proved or subjected to testing
Familiarity information: UNTESTED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not tried or tested by experience
Synonyms:
unseasoned; untested; untried; young
Context example:
a young hand at plowing
Similar:
inexperienced; inexperient (lacking practical experience or training)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not yet proved or subjected to testing
Synonyms:
untested; untried
Context example:
an untried procedure
Similar:
new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)
Context examples
The method could also work for dental implants and cardiovascular stents, though such applications “remain untested”.
(Nanopillars help orthopaedic implants resist infection, SciDev.Net)
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