UNSUBSTANTIATED


Meaning of UNSUBSTANTIATED in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an unsubstantiated rumour (= one that has not been proved to be true )

These are only unsubstantiated rumours.

unfounded/unsubstantiated (= not based on truth or evidence )

These claims of discrimination are completely unfounded.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

unsubstantiated reports

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Beccaria's assumption of the special effectiveness of proportional deterrence is unsubstantiated .

Clearly the President's enemies are itching to believe unsubstantiated stories that could hurt him.

However, recent research has shown that this particular anecdote is unsubstantiated .

It was time to deploy Dexter's tactic of unsubstantiated allegation.

Pathetic effort, the story's unusable, nothing more than an unsubstantiated libel.

So, not only is conductive education theoretically unproven but also practically unsubstantiated .

The question of rumour and unsubstantiated allegation is a much broader one.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.