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

To contend that because a great undertaking has remained unattempted for a long series of years, therefore it is impracticable, is to put a stop to all improvement.

From A Succinct View of the Importance and Practicability of Forming a Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Panama by Hill, H. R.

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 Baldwin, James

I shall leave nothing unattempted," replied the other; "and if we fail, we shall at least have the satisfaction of having done our duty.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

David Copperfield has been translated into German, with the peculiarities of speech of the different classes of characters unattempted.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various