Unsubstantiate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unsubstantiate is a verb meaning To prove false; to disprove or discredit.
Meaning
To prove false; to disprove or discredit.
More Meanings
- (human services) To officially categorize (an allegation) as unsubstantiated.
- To call into question; to create doubt about.
- To make insubstantial or abstract; unsubstantialize.
- Lacking substance; insubstantial.
- Unsubstantiated; unproven.
Example Sentences
Confirming rules substantiate or unsubstantiate the presumption diagnosis and therefore are not unavoidable.
The purpose of an investigation is to substantiate or unsubstantiate the reported need for protective services.
In the context of East Asia, admittedly, the democratic peace thesis remains difficult to substantiate or unsubstantiate by empirical evidence.
In a memo dated, February 24, 1993, the Department of Social Services instructed its workers to "unsubstantiate" a case if the following were thought to be true:
Word Forms
- unsubstantiates
- unsubstantiating
- unsubstantiated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disprove, disproove, debunk, refute, improve, confute.
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