untried

Example Sentences

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Funston, granted parole earlier this month, was set to be released on Thursday from state prison — but was rearrested that same day on new charges from a decades-old, untried case.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

His absence would leave Australia with a bowling attack of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Scott Boland, who are all in their mid-30s, with their other seamers inexperienced or untried at Test level.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

Although well-travelled, he is largely untried on foreign policy.

From Reuters • Oct. 15, 2023

The $7.5 million comes from the infrastructure law Congress passed in 2021 and is going to scientists who will test untried methods of bat protection.

From Scientific American • Sep. 25, 2023

If they have any thing to say of their masters, it is generally in their masters’ favor, especially when speaking to an untried man.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass