untested
adjective
un·test·ed
ˌən-ˈte-stəd 
: not put to a test : not proved by trial or experience
untested new drugs
an untested politician
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This suit used the same Iowa law to argue that the poll had deliberately misled The Register’s paying subscribers.
Suhr of the Center for American Rights described state consumer protection laws as a promising if largely untested vehicle for pursuing media outlets.
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New York Times, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
In contrast, raw water remains untested, unregulated and untreated, leaving its safety to drink in question.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
But Biden has used the power in the broadest and most untested way possible: to pardon those who have not even been investigated yet.
—Colleen Long and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Still untested and unsolved The federal government does not track the specific reasons why thousands of rape kits tallied by USA TODAY were left untested a second time.
—Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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New York Times, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
In contrast, raw water remains untested, unregulated and untreated, leaving its safety to drink in question.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
But Biden has used the power in the broadest and most untested way possible: to pardon those who have not even been investigated yet.
—Colleen Long and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Still untested and unsolved The federal government does not track the specific reasons why thousands of rape kits tallied by USA TODAY were left untested a second time.
—Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Untested.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untested. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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