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un-proven
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, uncertain |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, apocryphal, arguable, contingent, controversial, controvertible, cryptic, debatable, disputable, dubious, dubitable, enigmatic, equivocal, fishy, hard to believe, hypothetical, iffy, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, moot, mysterious, obscure, occult, open to doubt, open to question, oracular, paradoxical, problematic, problematical, provisional, shady, suspect, suspicious, unconfirmed, undefined, under advisement, under examination, unproven, unreliable, unsettled, vague |
| Notes: | questionable means open to doubt, disagreement, or challenge - or of dubious morality, honesty, or respectability; questioning (adjective) means showing curiosity or inquiring about - or (noun) an inquiry or interrogation |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, indisputable, proven, sure, undoubted, unquestionable |
| Main Entry: | unfounded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not based on fact |
| Synonyms: | baseless, bottomless, deceptive, fabricated, fallacious, false, foundationless, gratuitous, groundless, idle, illogical, mendacious, misleading, off-base, spurious, trumped up, uncalled-for, unjustified, unproven, unreal, unsubstantiated, untrue, untruthful, unwarranted, vain, without basis, without foundation |
| Antonyms: | founded, justified, proven, substantiated, supported |
| Main Entry: | superstitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | based on superstition |
| Synonyms: | erroneous, groundless, unfounded, unproven, untrue |
| Main Entry: | untried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untested |
| Synonyms: | new, unproved, unproven |
| Main Entry: | unverified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsubstantiated |
| Synonyms: | unproved, unproven |
| Main Entry: | undetermined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not determined |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, doubtful, equivocal, faint, indeterminate, irresolute, obscure, pending, unclear, undecided, unknown, unproven, unsettled, vague, wavering |
| Antonyms: | determined |
| Main Entry: | undemonstrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untried |
| Synonyms: | new, unpracticed, unproved, unproven, untested |
| Main Entry: | unpracticed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untried |
| Synonyms: | new, undemonstrated, unproved, unproven, untested |
| Main Entry: | unproved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untried |
| Synonyms: | new, undemonstrated, unpracticed, unproven, untested |
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