on trial

1. 1.

   in the process of being tested or tried

   Similarunproved

Questions about on trial

What does on trial mean?

on trial means "in the process of being tested or tried".

Is on trial a common word?

on trial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.