disproof
Americannoun
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facts that disprove something
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the act of disproving
Etymology
Origin of disproof
Example Sentences
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In other words, the proof was a disproof.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Cruz trotted out his rudimentary Spanish language skills as disproof.
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2016
All three of these books argue that if the proof or disproof of race is scientific, it must be true.
From Nature • Sep. 16, 2014
If you see it that way, then it makes not getting the result that you want not a disproof, but an understanding that maybe that wasn't for you.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2011
As if goaded into disproof, one of the specks peeled away and began its near-vertical dive, directly above their heads.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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