Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untested

/əntˈɛstɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: untest-ed
IPA: /əntˈɛstɪd/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not previously tested.

Example Sentences

"If the promising but untested treatment would replace EET, the head-to-head comparison would be similar to the "placebo-controlled" trials I've already described, but with EET in place of the placebo."
"The assumption that these are identical in meaning and usage between Indian English and Anglo-American English, while tacitly accepted, is untested, and fundamentally unknown."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tested English untested From un- + tested.

Frequently Paired Words

experimental unproven

Synonyms

untried unseasoned young

Antonyms

tested tried and tested tried and true battle-tested

Rhymes With

suggested arrested tested requested protested vested infested attested molested crested uncontested bested

Questions

How do you pronounce untested?: The recorded pronunciation is /əntˈɛstɪd/.
What does untested mean?: Not previously tested.
Where does untested come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tested English untested From un- + tested.

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