Definitions
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- adjective Not previously
tested .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not yet proved or subjected to testing
- adjective not tried or tested by experience
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Examples
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Contemporary art galleries have had a tougher season since they must convince buyers to invest in untested newcomers.
Shopping for a New Barbed-Wire Cowboy Hat Kelly Crow 2010
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If some one untested is used the result will be voting for mccain who is leading in the polls at major search engines.
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They worried that the nominee would be chosen too early, by too few states, and that he or she would emerge untested from a short battle.
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While these possibilities remain untested (to my knowledge) it now seems that the primary function of the bones was that they housed enlarged salt glands, as exceptionally well preserved Argentinian metriorhynchids actually have their salt glands preserved within the prefrontals (Fernández & Gasparini 2000).
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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While these possibilities remain untested (to my knowledge) it now seems that the primary function of the bones was that they housed enlarged salt glands, as exceptionally well preserved Argentinian metriorhynchids actually have their salt glands preserved within the prefrontals (Fernández & Gasparini 2000).
My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006
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Yet no one calls the untested ones unconventional.
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But Chris, who says the idea was "untested" -- this was a test.
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The legislation would also increase trained professionals who could test the kits and require states to report annually on how many kits remain untested.
Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009 « Planning the Day 2009
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What fun to go to work every day knowing you will always be right, largely because your ideas will remain untested.
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What fun to go to work every day knowing you will always be right, largely because your ideas will remain untested.
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