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disproof

[dis-proof] / dɪsˈpruf /


NOUN
refutation
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In other words, the proof was a disproof.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

All three of these books argue that if the proof or disproof of race is scientific, it must be true.

From Nature Sep. 16, 2014

"It is like looking for proof or disproof of the existence of God in a flower."

From The Guardian Apr. 13, 2013

If you see it that way, then it makes not getting the result that you want not a disproof, but an understanding that maybe that wasn't for you.

From Slate Nov. 10, 2011

As if goaded into disproof, one of the specks peeled away and began its near-vertical dive, directly above their heads.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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