un·tried

[uhn-trahyd]
adjective
1.
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
2.
not yet tried at law.

Origin:
1520–30; un-1 + tried

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untried (ʌnˈtraɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  not tried, attempted, or proved; untested
2.  not tried by a judge or court

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Word Origin & History

untried
1520, "not proven or tested," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of try.
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Example sentences
However, since this possible solution was new and untried, a test of such a
  gadget would be necessary.
Skating, a subject frequently found in genre paintings, had been untried in
  portraits of this size.
The article outlines other serious consequences, as yet untried in court.
Railroad regulation at the time was untried and forbidding territory.
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