unproved
adjective
un·proved
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One theory, as of yet unproved, is that illnesses may result from substances that are thought or known to be toxic in vaping products, which use heat to vaporize nicotine and other inhalants. — Matt Richtel, BostonGlobe.com, "First death in a spate of vaping sicknesses reported by health officials," 26 Aug. 2019 One theory, as of yet unproved, is that illnesses may result from substances that are thought or known to be toxic in vaping products, which use heat to vaporize nicotine and other inhalants. — Matt Richtel, New York Times, "First Death in a Spate of Vaping Sicknesses Reported by Health Officials," 23 Aug. 2019 Those claims remain unproved, but the CBD business in the U.S. has nevertheless tripled in the past three years; analysts project the industry will be worth over $20 billion by 2022. — Elijah Wolfson, Time, "CBD Is Already Everywhere. How Will the Government Handle It?," 6 June 2019 By the mid-1990s, all the quarks had been accounted for experimentally except the top quark, and by the early 2010s, the main remaining unproved ingredient was the Higgs boson, named after the British theoretical physicist Peter Higgs. — Karen Weintraub, New York Times, "Homer A. Neal, Leader in Physics Who Explored Matter, Dies at 75," 8 June 2018 Chevron and other large American oil companies are investing in carbon capture and sequestration to bury greenhouse gases or produce new fuels, though such technologies are expensive and unproved on a large scale. — Clifford Krauss, BostonGlobe.com, "US oil companies find energy independence isn’t so profitable," 30 June 2019 Thomas’s gentle diffidence, and his director’s fiercely rigorous style, leave his motives denser than unproved sourdough. — Ofir Raul Graizer, New York Times, "Review: A German ‘Cakemaker’ and an Israeli Widow Share Loss and Cookies," 28 June 2018 The torrent of unproved accusations gave Mr. Zuma and his allies enough ammunition to grab control over another prize — the state coffers in the National Treasury. — New York Times, "Corruption Gutted South Africa’s Tax Agency. Now the Nation Is Paying the Price.," 10 June 2018 But judges must weigh the value of such unproved claims against the threat of unfairly turning a jury against the accused. — Jeremy Roebuck, Philly.com, "Bill Cosby's lawyers, fearing #MeToo backlash, fight to keep 19 other accusers out of court," 6 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unproved.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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