unverifiable

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The court has previously upheld limited emergency entries, but always with clearly defined exigencies, not the unbounded, unverifiable standard Montana now asks it to adopt.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2025

By the mid-20th-century, however, leading behavioral theorists denigrated the idea of studying animal emotions since, even if they existed, they were scientifically unmeasurable and unverifiable.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

Consumers further claimed that Mondelez reduced the amount of filling in each Oreo — an accusation that the company denied and still remains unverifiable.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2024

Those disclosures, including Mr. Smirnov’s unverifiable claim that he met with Russian intelligence officials as recently as three months ago, made him a flight risk and endangered national security, Justice Department officials said.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

I ask, is it not significant that such an assumption should be made only in the realm of the unverifiable?

From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart