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refutable
[ ri-fyoo-tuh-buhl, ref-yuh-tuh- ]
adjective
- able to be proven false:
The statement is so vague as to be neither provable nor refutable.
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Other Words From
- re·fut·a·bil·i·ty [ri-fyoo-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee, ref-y, uh, -t, uh, -], noun
- re·fut·a·bly adverb
- un·re·fut·a·ble adjective
- un·re·fut·a·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of refutable1
First recorded in 1570–80 for an earlier sense; refut(e) ( def ) + -able ( def )
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Example Sentences
Claims to have new and irrefutable refutable evidence, and is going to have a second try for the title and estates.
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It is a race-slander, refutable by any honest investigator, that the American Negro as a race is unwilling to work.
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Evidence of a more definite and less refutable kind is the statement of John Hardyng.
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Weininger identifies love with passion and his argument is easily refutable by the experience of many.
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It is certainly not the least charm of a theory, says Nietzsche, that it is refutable.
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