If someone or something is untried, they have not yet experienced certain situations or have not yet been tried out, so you do not know what they will be like.
He was young and untried, with no reputation of his own.
...a long legal battle through untried areas of law.
Synonyms: untested, new, unproved, in the experimental stage More Synonyms of untried
untried in British English
(ʌnˈtraɪd)
adjective
1.
not tried, attempted, or proved; untested
2.
not tried by a judge or court
untried in American English
(ʌnˈtraɪd)
adjective
1.
not tried; not attempted, tested, or proved
2.
not tried in court
Examples of 'untried' in a sentence
untried
You are both young and your relationship untested and untried.
The Sun (2013)
At the time we considered that this represented an untried and untested area.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This is a new and untried relationship.
The Sun (2016)
They are also untested and untried and it will be up to the holder to decide how best to do the job.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He is also inexperienced, untried and untested.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Any company thinks twice these days before taking anybody on, especially anybody young and untried.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Is he too untried, too inexperienced?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Now a staple part of astronaut preparation, it was new and untried back then.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Few funders are prepared to back a new, untried idea.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In their places for the home side, a motley collection of untried young players and expensive misfits.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
(adjective)
Definition
not yet used, done, or tested
a long legal battle through untried areas of law
Synonyms
untested
new
They opened a factory in India to manufacture this new invention.
unproved
in the experimental stage
novel
Clubs are always looking at novel ways to raise cash.
unattempted
unessayed
Additional synonyms
in the sense of new
Definition
recently discovered
They opened a factory in India to manufacture this new invention.
Synonyms
modern,
recent,
contemporary,
up-to-date,
latest,
happening (informal),
different,
current,
advanced,
original,
fresh,
novel,
topical,
state-of-the-art,
ground-breaking,
modish,
newfangled,
modernistic,
ultramodern,
all-singing, all-dancing
in the sense of novel
Definition
fresh, new, or original
Clubs are always looking at novel ways to raise cash.