Untried vs Unfamiliar - What's the difference?
untried | unfamiliar | Related terms |
Not yet tried or tested; unknown.
:The new guy was inexperienced and untried .
Strange, not familiar.
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, year=2011
, date=October 15
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd
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Untried is a related term of unfamiliar.
As adjectives the difference between untried and unfamiliar
is that untried is not yet tried or tested; unknown while unfamiliar is strange, not familiar.As a noun unfamiliar is
an unfamiliar person; a stranger.untried
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*unfamiliar
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(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=United were second-best for long periods as they struggled to adapt to an unfamiliar line-up and were ultimately fortunate to leave Merseyside with their unbeaten league run still intact.}}