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

"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

And yet neither the precedents of epic poetry nor his purpose of celebrating the national glory of Rome permitted him to leave this part of his task unattempted.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

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

I might go on here, and enter more at length into details of his personal character, but the task is too difficult a one, and is perhaps, after all, better left unattempted.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various