unproven
Britishadjective
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not established as true by evidence or demonstration
unproven allegations
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(of a new product, system, treatment, etc) not tried or tested
Example Sentences
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Critics add that the causal link between social media and teen mental-health problems remains unproven.
"Families cannot trust this inquiry to an unproven process as it is too important to fail, yet we won't get a second chance," Winser-Ramm said.
From BBC
In 2018, bitcoin fell 80% from its peak after the initial coin offering bubble burst, ending an era in which thousands of unproven startups raised billions of dollars with little more than a sales pitch.
It is also a wager on unproven technology deployed at a vast scale.
Prof Bryan Williams, from the British Heart Foundation, suggested many people were missing out on statins due to stories around unproven possible side effects.
From BBC
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