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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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
It confronts us with an opaque message voiced in fatal and unverifiable idiom.
From Salon ● May 4, 2024
It is contrary only to some large and unverifiable assumptions—assumptions which ignore the abstract character of biological psychology, as of other sciences.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore
