refutable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- refutability noun
- refutably adverb
- unrefutable adjective
- unrefutably adverb
Etymology
Origin of refutable
First recorded in 1570–80 for an earlier sense; refut(e) ( def. ) + -able ( def. )
Example Sentences
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At the time she said was “concerned about some very obvious, refutable factual inaccuracies” in “Inventing Anna” but was more interested in the true-crime entertainment genre as a whole.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2022
To show that a statement X is not refutable in ZFC, it is enough to find a universe in which both ZFC and X are valid.
From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2021
“Now, I know that this would be easily refutable, but if this drops the night before, you can’t debunk it before serious damage has spread.”
From The Guardian • Nov. 12, 2018
One of the easiest ways to do it is to tweet something really blinkered or easily refutable.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2017
In fact, the proof was not there, and it was easily refutable.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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