unproven
- adjective
- /ʌnˈpruːvən/
- More important than unproven tactics for increasing family size is immigration.
- remains unproven
- unproven technology
- unproven assumptions
Others are just unproven interpretations or assumptions.
- Others are just unproven interpretations or assumptions.
- Meanwhile, BJ's ability to scale up cleaner energy businesses is unproven.
- It might be unproven, just asserted, but it's going to be fruitful for you to follow it out and see where it goes.
- It's it's it's unproven, but that's one of one of the hopes.
- Are they effective decisions or are they ineffective, unproven?
- Therefore I'm going to take some nootropics, which are these unproven, like untested drugs, and just throw them in me and see what happens.
Examples
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James Street is raw and unproven.
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California has unveiled a new and unproven version of its statewide school-testing program.
Academic text (1992) -
But this is unproven in my mind.
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Secondly, we have the unproven nature of this science.
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And I think this is a completely unproven factor that could account for why women are doing so badly.
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Although this idea remains unproven, the logic behind it is intriguing.
Academic text (1998) -
However, this mode of treatment for bacterial meningitis is of unproven benefit and must be considered experimental.
Academic text (1995) -
But this is an unproven assertion, and the U.S. approach to the issue remains inconsistent and underdeveloped.
Academic text (2005) -
Managers and other decision-makers must often take gambles in expensive and sometimes unproven technologies to survive in competitive marketplaces.
Academic text (2004) -
The safety of these compounds for this purpose is unproven, and they may carry risks.
Synonyms
No facts or proof support it
Not supported by facts or proof
Not tried before to check if it works
Not yet proven to be true or official
Not backed by facts or proof
No one has checked it to see if it is true
Not proved by other facts or evidence
No good evidence shows it is true
Not checked to see if information is correct or safe
Not well known or accepted by many people
A claim with no facts or proof to show it is true
Not proven to be true by tests or studies
Not supported by facts after checking
Not based on facts or evidence
No official source or written record confirms it
Not supported by facts or evidence
Antonyms
How Proven
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unproven combines the prefix un- ('not') and prove ('to show true'), the same root you see in proof. So unproven means 'not shown to be true'.