Unproved
(adjective)
- Not supported or confirmed by evidence or proof.
- Not verified or substantiated.
- Not having been established as true or valid.
Origin:
Late middle english: past participle of unprovable, from un- (expressing negation) + prove.
Examples:
- The theory was based on unproved assumptions.
- The claims of the scientist were widely seen as unproved and highly speculative.
- The company's financial performance was based on unproved projections.
- The witnesses' testimony was unproved and unreliable.
- The historical accuracy of the book was challenged by unproved accounts.