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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 experienceplay

2. not yet proved or subjected to testingplay

  Familiarity information: UNTESTED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNTESTED (adjective)


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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