unprovable
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈproʊvəbl/
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inprobable
- The theory that life exists on other planets remains unprovable without concrete evidence.
- unproven and unprovable
Now every physics theory has an unprovable assumption and it's called an axiom.
- Now every physics theory has an unprovable assumption and it's called an axiom.
- If the moral truths are unprovable, Ben, then how can you know that they must be grounded in God?
- But we should be careful because all kinds of non empirical unprovable beliefs are held by secular people, and atheists too included.
Examples
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Now every physics theory has an unprovable assumption and it's called an axiom.
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If the moral truths are unprovable, Ben, then how can you know that they must be grounded in God?
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Unless they hand over some evidence to a third party, this is just another "unprovable" conspiracy theory.
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The zero theorem is unprovable.
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Though not impossible, this is unprovable, like so much else about the most famous and notorious ancient monument.
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The stone seems to be an unprovable red herring.
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Witchcraft, because of its secret and almost unprovable nature, was considered a crime apart.
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Any explanation of "God is the ultimate reason" seems superfluous and unprovable to me, and to many others.
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To submit our energy policies and economies to an unprovable hypothesis is insane.
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Appeals to providence masked the "real," scientifically discoverable causes of historical events in favor of appeal to an unprovable divine will.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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8.1
Not able to be proven or shown to be true
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Not possible to test or prove by experiment
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Impossible to prove to be true
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No one can prove it is true or provide evidence
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A problem you cannot show true or false using the rules of a system
Something that people cannot prove with evidence
Not able to be proved with evidence
Not possible to find out for certain
Antonyms
How Provable
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Etymology
The word unprovable is made of the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the verb prove, as in proof, meaning 'to show something is true', so unprovable means 'not able to be shown true' and describes ideas you cannot demonstrate.