untested

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A major hurdle is proving in-orbit refueling capabilities with super-cooled propellant -- an essential but untested step for carrying out deep-space missions.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Prior to getting “Backrooms” greenlighted, Parsons and the team at Oddfellows did a test shoot, which allowed an untested virtuoso the opportunity to familiarize himself with how a professional crew works.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Eight minutes into the new half, Alexandros Kyziridis forced a save from Jack Butland, who had gone virtually untested in the opening spell.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Carruthers’ case is a perfect storm of capital punishment’s familiar failures: paid informants, information withheld from the jury, untested physical evidence, and the defendant’s mental illness.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Somewhere among them—those green and untested boys—lay much of the stock from which he would have to select a crew capable of going all the way.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown