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inconclusive evidence

noun as in circumstantial evidence

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Morral’s group has identified supportive evidence that more restrictive concealed-carry laws reduce violent crime, for example, but inconclusive evidence that such laws affect suicide rates.

The TGA acknowledges that there are unknowns and inconclusive evidence, but says "there are promising signs" that controlled therapeutic use of the drugs may improve mental health for some people and that the "benefits for some patients... will outweigh the risks".

From BBC

District Judge James Robart took under advisement a joint motion filed by the city and Department of Justice to end much of his role enforcing compliance with an agreement reached in 2012 to address a DOJ investigation that concluded Seattle officers routinely used excessive force during arrests and showed disturbing, if inconclusive, evidence of biased policing.

The department in 2012 agreed to overhaul its use of force training, address management deficiencies and take note of disturbing but inconclusive evidence of biased policing as part of a federal settlement agreement that has cost upward of $200 million and remains in effect today.

Citizen Lab, the University of Toronto research group, found only “inconclusive” evidence last year in a test of whether TikTok was censoring politically sensitive posts: Some posts vanished, while others stayed up, with no clear pattern of blame.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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