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unproven
adjective as in questionable
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- apocryphal
- contingent
- controvertible
- cryptic
- disputable
- dubitable
- enigmatic
- equivocal
- fishy
- hard to believe
- hypothetical
- iffy
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- moot
- mysterious
- obscure
- occult
- open to doubt
- open to question
- oracular
- paradoxical
- problematical
- provisional
- shady
- suspect
- unconfirmed
- undefined
- under advisement
- under examination
- unreliable
- unsettled
adjective as in speculative
adjective as in superstitious
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adjective as in undemonstrated
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adjective as in undetermined
adjective as in unfounded
adjective as in unpracticed
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adjective as in unproved
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adjective as in untested
Strongest match
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adjective as in unverified
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Example Sentences
The government is committing billions of pounds to an "unproven" green technology for reducing planet-warming gases without considering the impact on consumers' bills, MPs have warned.
He called the report, “a document filled with unproven claims that me and my colleagues were never given a proper chance to fully review, rebuke and disprove.”
Kennedy wasn’t clear what he meant by his reference to stem cells or whether he was referring to the unproven stem cell treatments marketed by the clinics facing FDA regulation.
Gen. Jonathan Skrmetti argued that practice of medicine is a matter for the state, and lawmakers there said the hormone treatments are risky and unproven for adolescents.
“Health authorities in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and the United Kingdom have all concluded that these interventions pose significant risks with unproven benefits.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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