untested

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That tattoo and the social media posts -- which Platner explains respectively as the result of a misguided outing during his Marines days and dark post-combat rants -- highlighted the risk of running untested candidates.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

Carruthers’ case is a perfect storm of capital punishment’s familiar failures: paid informants, information withheld from the jury, untested physical evidence, and the defendant’s mental illness.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

"This application does not concern wholly untested allegations and evidence, which is ordinarily the case," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“Search warrants are untested, one-sided presentations meant to establish probable cause, one of the lowest standards of proof in law,” they wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Beside her, in my spanking- new outfit, scrubbed and shiny, I feel like a recently hatched chick, untested and only just learning how to navigate the world.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins