purported

[ per-pawr-tid ]

adjective

1. reputed or claimed; alleged:

   We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.

purported

/ pɜːˈpɔːtɪd /

adjective

1. alleged; supposed; rumoured

   a purported two million dollar deal

Derived Forms

• purˈportedly, adverb

Other Words From

• pur·port·ed·ly adverb
• un·pur·port·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of purported¹

First recorded in 1890–95; purport + -ed ²

Example Sentences

That includes Tim Booyer, 57, a welder who had fretted for months about worrisome Facebook posts detailing the vaccines’ purported side effects.

From Washington Post

In an Instagram post on May 12, the university’s Campus Dining division disputed a purported claim by the Chick fil-A that the company would be opening an on campus outlet.

From Washington Blade

It’s emotion-laundering, retrofitting a structure of purported analysis and evidence onto which those nonrational assessments can be hung.

From Washington Post

This last group also got a pamphlet explaining the purported evidence supporting this oil to further entice them to believe it would work.

From Popular-Science

It includes a lengthy list of complicated-looking data scrolling rapidly over the screen, the analyst himself — his face blurred — and a table of information about the points of origin of the purported hacks.

From Washington Post

The dollar value of a statistical life in the United States is purported to be around $5 million.

From The Daily Beast

They are also claiming that the purported siblings are not actually related.

From The Daily Beast

One purported ISIS fighter from Canada praised Rouleau and encouraged others to follow suit with violence.

From The Daily Beast

The account-holder purported to be Syrian expats living in Australia, like Susli.

From The Daily Beast

No matter the name, the purported “anomalous primate” has long been the subject of a cycle of stories and skepticism.

From The Daily Beast

Mechem says that if at the time of signing, the person doing so purported to act as agent, the act might be ratified.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, settling back with what purported to be a sigh of bliss, he regarded Marie sitting small and still and listless beside him.

From Project Gutenberg

The plotters knew very well what he would do if he should get a wire which purported to be your resignation.

From Project Gutenberg

My business purported to be buying up butter and eggs, at the farm-houses, for the rebel army.

From Project Gutenberg

To Frulein Dollmann the wreck-works were evidently what they purported to be, and nothing more.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• so-called
• stated
• supposed