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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unprovable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
un-prov-able
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That cannot be proved or verified by any test.

Etymology

From Middle English unprevable, wnprowabil, equivalent to un- + provable and to un- + prove + -able.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unprovable (comparative) most unprovable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unprovability unprovableness unprovably

Frequently Paired Words

undisprovability undisprovable unproved unproven demonstrable undemonstrable unfalsifiable

Antonyms

provable

Questions

What does unprovable mean?
That cannot be proved or verified by any test.
Where does unprovable come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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