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The phrase "afraid to test" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing hesitation or fear about trying something new or challenging.
Example: "She was afraid to test her limits during the competition, worried about failing."
Alternatives: "hesitant to try" or "fearful of testing".
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That's why I'm afraid to test".
Residents of Luanda are understandably afraid to test their freedom.
But he is not afraid to test the limits, either.
His music is too conservative for new-music aficionados but on the wrong side of the dateline for anyone afraid to test the waters of the 20th century.
The film is not afraid to test our patience, or to play with supernatural logic, and you are left with much to puzzle over, but there are passages of quiet grace, and even a mournful hint of comedy.
Colleen Cashen, a psychologist and counselor at the Northdale Middle School, said that by singling out homosexuality, the policy created "an air of shame," and that contradictory interpretations from the administration had left teachers afraid to test the limits, seeing homosexuality and the history of gay rights as taboo subjects.
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Two questions, previously used by NIMH Project Accept [18], [19], assessed fears of HIV testing and test disclosure: "Most people in my area who want to get tested for HIV are afraid to get tested;" and "Most people in my area who want to get tested for HIV don't want other people to find out if they get tested".
I have seen far too many patients die with advanced Aids because they were afraid to get tested, or they didn't know where to go for a test.
Many are afraid to be tested for H.I.V., fearing that they might get their fingers pricked one day and die the next.
The figures that the Health Ministry has released, which show that 824,000 HIV-positive people, likely vastly underestimates the real numbers of people living with HIV and are too afraid to get tested or to announce their status.
The figures that the Health Ministry has released, which show that 824,000 HIV-positive people, likely vastly underestimates the real numbers of people living with HIV and are too afraid to get tested or to announce their status.
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