untried

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Funston, granted parole earlier this month, was set to be released on Thursday from state prison — but was rearrested that same day on new charges from a decades-old, untried case.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

As an untried prisoner, Rossi will be held in a half-empty jail on the outskirts of a town called Spanish Fork.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2024

Although well-travelled, he is largely untried on foreign policy.

From Reuters • Oct. 15, 2023

The $7.5 million comes from the infrastructure law Congress passed in 2021 and is going to scientists who will test untried methods of bat protection.

From Scientific American • Sep. 25, 2023

He was sailing to an uncharted coast, in an untried ship.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham