unattempted
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In Vienna, Prof. Maximilian Langster, famed mesmerist, advertised that he would perform feats of hypnotism "hitherto unattempted."
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet, notwithstanding his faults, he is deserving of our notice, if for nothing else, on account of the complete originality of his style—a style unknown and unattempted by any former writer.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
But the death of Stafford was too important a stroke of party to be left unattempted by any expedient, however extraordinary.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by David Hume
"Oh! if that be the state of the case," replied Foote, "I will give you a motto from Milton for the work in its present state: 'Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.'"
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
Reckless and unscrupulous, he left no means unattempted, however odious and wicked, to crush those who offended him, or such as stood in the way of his love of wealth and ambition.
From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
