unverified
adjective
not having been confirmed, substantiated, or proven to be true
unverifiable
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a word derived from
unverified.
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a word derived from
verify.
verifyverb (used with object)to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate.
Example Sentences
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Both sides have regularly accused the other of alleged abuses and ceasefire violations, often unverifiable by independent parties.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The court has previously upheld limited emergency entries, but always with clearly defined exigencies, not the unbounded, unverifiable standard Montana now asks it to adopt.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2025
By the mid-20th-century, however, leading behavioral theorists denigrated the idea of studying animal emotions since, even if they existed, they were scientifically unmeasurable and unverifiable.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024
So: Grim stuff, almost all of it unverifiable by any of those who’d tasked themselves with adjudicating the beef.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024
Unfortunately it may be assumed here again that the cases are frequent in which the somatic stimulus which operated during the night can no longer be traced after waking, and has thus become unverifiable.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
