disprove
verb (used with object)
to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate.
have disproved
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present perfectof disprove.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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City appear to have disproved that theory with not only the acquisition of Semenyo, but Marc Guehi too after the England defender joined from Crystal Palace for £20m.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Yet there have been more than a dozen papers from critics claiming to have disproved the model based on weak evidence, such as small, short-term trials of two weeks or less.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
The records could have disproved the prosecution’s theory that Glossip wanted Van Treese killed to hide Glossip’s alleged embezzlement from the motel, where he was manager, according to the report.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Yet more than 25 studies in the past 20-odd years have disproved any causal link between vaccines and autism.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2021
That there is any similarity between the two we have disproved.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Joseph Ratner
