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

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 Hume, David

So loud are their yells, so angrily, vengefully intoned, that they who listen above begin to fear they may at length become reckless, and, coûte que coûte, risk the assault so long unattempted.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

The time is come for some sublime event Of mighty fame:—mankind are children yet, And hardly dream what treasures they possess In the dark bosom of the fertile main, Unfathom'd, unattempted, unexplor'd.

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Freneau, Philip

It is not strange that so delicate and laborious a task should have remained unattempted.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron