unsubstantiate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To officially categorize (an allegation) as unsubstantiated.
verb
To call into question; to create doubt about.
verb
To make insubstantial or abstract; unsubstantialize.
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "With this evidence, in addition to the findings of previous research, showing conclusively that it is not the pattern of courses followed by the student in the high school but his scholastic aptitude which determines his success in the college program, only one additional type of evidence is needed to completely unsubstantiate the reverence of colleges for entrance prescriptions."
- "Confirming rules substantiate or unsubstantiate the presumption diagnosis and therefore are not unavoidable."
- "R A Fisher had the knack for making statements about theoretical conclusions without bothering to give any supporting proof and it befell the lot of lesser mortals to substantiate (and occasionally to unsubstantiate) these statements."
- "The purpose of an investigation is to substantiate or unsubstantiate the reported need for protective services."
- "In the context of East Asia, admittedly, the democratic peace thesis remains difficult to substantiate or unsubstantiate by empirical evidence."
- "Stepwise logistic regression analysis was used to determine whether or not there was a relationship between specified factors and the decision to substantiate or unsubstantiate sexual abuse cases."
Etymology
From un- + substantiate.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Inflected Forms
unsubstantiates (present, singular)
unsubstantiating (participle, present)
unsubstantiated (participle, past)
unsubstantiated (past)
more unsubstantiate (comparative)
most unsubstantiate (superlative)