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Untested   /əntˈɛstɪd/   Listen
Untested

adjective
1.
Not tried or tested by experience.  Synonyms: unseasoned, untried, young.  "Still untested in battle" , "An illustrator untried in mural painting" , "A young hand at plowing"
2.
Not yet proved or subjected to testing.  Synonym: untried.  "Untested theory" , "An untried procedure"






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"Untested" Quotes from Famous Books



... difference in degree; it 's a difference in kind. I don't know whether I ever mentioned it, but I admire her extremely. There is nothing narrow about her but her experience; everything else is large. My impression of her is of a person of great capacity, as yet wholly unmeasured and untested. Some day or other, I 'm sure, she will judge fairly and wisely ...
— Roderick Hudson • Henry James

... instinct in situations involving any concession to the emotions. Along with her faith in the Rembrandt I must destroy not only the whole fabric of Mrs. Fontage's past, but even that lifelong habit of acquiescence in untested formulas that makes the best part of the average feminine strength. I guessed the episode of the picture to be inextricably interwoven with the traditions and convictions which served to veil Mrs. Fontage's destitution not only from others but from herself. Viewed in that light the Rembrandt ...
— Crucial Instances • Edith Wharton

... task of framing and passing a constructive program. The party as a whole was lacking in cohesion and had perforce played the role of destructive critic most of the time for more than half a century; its principles were untested in actual experience, and although its majority in the House was large, in the Senate its margin of control was so narrow as to suggest the near possibility of the failure of a party program. Wilson was under no illusions as to the circumstances ...
— The United States Since The Civil War • Charles Ramsdell Lingley



Words linked to "Untested" :   inexperient, new, unseasoned, young, untried, inexperienced



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