unsubstantiated
[uhn-suh b-stan-shee-ey-tid]
- not substantiated; unproved or unverified: unsubstantiated allegations.
- being without form or substance.
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Origin of unsubstantiated
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Examples from the Web for unsubstantiated
Contemporary Examples
One commenter wrote that this unsubstantiated rumor clearly meant that “Rihanna had what was coming to her.”
This in no way changes the fact that Bryan Singer is innocent of these unsubstantiated lies.
Bryan Singer Agreed to Settle Sex Abuse Lawsuit for $100,000, but Insists He’s InnocentTim Teeman
July 29, 2014
This is just the latest example of contradictory and unsubstantiated information from unnamed sources leaking from Kuala Lumpur.
“Whispers” in this case, means “unsubstantiated and probably made up rumors.”
An unsubstantiated survey reports that 15.1 million of them are still shocked that Jeff Daniels won.
Historical Examples
As yet he could not reveal his unsubstantiated information to another.
The Roof TreeCharles Neville Buck
He conscientiously avoids the vague, the doubtful, the unsubstantiated.
The articles seemed woven of fact, but she could not accept them unsubstantiated.
To Him That HathLeroy Scott
But he couldn't prove it, and she wasn't likely to accept his unsubstantiated word.
Forget Me NearlyFloyd L. Wallace
Then follows the unsubstantiated story which has done duty for Shakspeare and many other poets.
Robert BurnsGabriel Setoun
unsubstantiated
- not established as valid or genuineunsubstantiated allegations
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Word Origin and History for unsubstantiated
adj.
1775, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of substantiate (v.).
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