Untried
[ʌn'traɪd] or ['ʌn'traɪd]
Definition
adj. not tried not yet experienced not yet having passed trial: unnoticed.
Typist: Phil
Examples
- That course, for the moment, led merely to Miss Bart's boarding-house; but its shabby door-step had suddenly become the threshold of the untried. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I have an affection for the road yet (though it is not so pleasant a road as it was then), formed in the impressibility of untried youth and hope. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We could not properly begin a pleasure excursion on Sunday; we could not offer untried stomachs to so pitiless a sea as that. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Ablewhite's family have offered a reward, and no effort has been left untried to discover the guilty persons. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Not everyone may feel that to push out into the untried, and take risks for big prizes, is worth while. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Dr. Franklin left nothing untried to prevail upon the ministry to consent to a change of measures. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- You, so young, untried, and beautiful, Estella! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was commenced, partly as a source of amusement, and partly as an expedient for exercising any untried resources of mind. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In favour of this view, I must acknowledge that Mr. Franklin left no chance untried of winning Miss Rachel's good graces. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typist: Phil