prove
verb (used with object)
to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument.
unprovable
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a word derived from
prove.
Example Sentences
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To make it worse, he lied a lot during his response, insisting he didn’t know about the gossip, even as he rolled out a clearly rehearsed litany of unprovable “evidence” of his activity.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2025
Others believed sometimes unprovable family lore about Native roots.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
But such beauty harbors unanswerable questions—ones that are, as mathematician Robert Berger stated in 1966, provably unprovable.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 10, 2023
Gödel’s proof landed on a mathematical statement that was true but unprovable.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
These unprovable suspicions, Jackson’s detainment in the laundry, Pierrot’s wretched delivery and the morning’s colossal heat were oppressive to Briony.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
