undemonstrable

Examples

• All

• A prosecution depending on "spectral evidence" was at last seen as capricious—as irrefutable as it was undemonstrable.

  Academic text (1992)

• What they did teach is that undemonstrable assertions, at least when they are grounded in correct politics, constitute legitimate support for scholarly conclusions.

  Academic text (1991)

• The author's claims about the existence of extraterrestrial life are considered undemonstrable by critics.

• His theories are interesting but ultimately undemonstrable, lacking the necessary proof to be accepted.

Synonyms

U

unprovable

vsundemonstrable

5 7.5

No evidence can show it is true

shares exact meaning but differs in form or usage

U

unverifiable

vsundemonstrable

4 8.1

Not able to be proven or shown to be true

focuses on inability to confirm rather than general demonstration

U

untestable

vsundemonstrable

2 6.1

Not possible to test or prove by experiment

refers more broadly to being impossible to show by evidence

I

indemonstrable

vsundemonstrable

1 8.7

Impossible to prove to be true

is identical in meaning but exists as an alternative form

Antonyms

P

provable

10 5.0

Someone can show it is true using evidence or reasons

D

demonstrable

9 5.8

Can be shown to be true by clear proof

How Demonstrable

demonstrable

9 5.8

unproven

28 4.9

undemonstrable

9.4

unprovable

5 7.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology