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time-tried

time-tried adjective: tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time.

Adjective

time-tried (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time.
    • And never mind that Goodstein, a former Grand Poo-bah in the GOP, borrowed that time-tried "silent majority" line from former King Richard.1976 February 7, “A Liberation Publication?”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 5
    Synonyms:
    tried and true

Synonyms of time-tried

Questions about time-tried

What does time-tried mean?
Time-tried means tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time.
What part of speech is time-tried?
Time-tried is an adjective.

Words near time-tried in the dictionary

  1. time-traveller
  2. time-travellers
  3. time-travelling
  4. time-trialing
  5. time-trialling
  6. time-tried
  7. Time-Triggered Protocol
  8. time-use
  9. time-use research
  10. time-use survey
  11. time-use surveys

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