unproven

/ (ʌnˈpruːvən) /

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adjective

not established as true by evidence or demonstrationunproven allegations

(of a new product, system, treatment, etc) not tried or tested

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To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

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Words nearby unproven

unprotected, unprotected sex, unprotesting, unproud, unproved, unproven, unprovided, unprovoked, unpublished, unpublished work, unpunished

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Anti-abortion organizations tend to tend to propagate the idea that the procedure is dangerous and unproven.
Abortion Complications Are Rare, No Matter What the Right Says|Samantha Allen|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The notion that Ebola might be a sexually transmitted disease remains plausible if unproven.
Did One Liberian Prostitute Give Ebola to Eight Soldiers?|Kent Sepkowitz|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But last week the idea that sometimes we should say no to unproven technology was finally given a hearing.
Can Fitbit Data Save Lives?|Daniela Drake|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While CBS is taking a gamble on a relatively unknown (and unproven) talent, to many critics this decision was all too predictable.
Late Night Adds Another White Dude: James Corden Replacing Craig Ferguson at ‘The Late Late Show’|Amy Zimmerman|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

[It] is ludicrous to make such a risky and unproven view the centerpiece of European science policy.
The Science Community’s Fight Over an Artificial Brain|Elizabeth Picciuto|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is quite a modern theory that the sins formerly laid to the charge of meat are all unproven, but it is a perfectly just one.
A Manual of Toy Dogs|Mrs. Leslie Williams
In short, so far from being a great universal philosophy, it is simply a disjointed combination of unproven theories.
The Other Side of Evolution|Alexander Patterson
The mystery of unknown and unproven danger did not fascinate him.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The unproven sons of Fleur would indeed need the stamina of wolves to take them through the days to come.
The Whelps of the Wolf|George Marsh
We found that the unproven and discredited theory of evolution lies at the bottom of it.
The Church, the Schools and Evolution|J. E. (Judson Eber) Conant

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