unverifiable

C2 Topic:Science & Research
US /ˌʌnˌvɛrəˈfaɪəbəl/ UK /ˌʌnˌverɪˈfaɪəbəl/
adj Freq #122956

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not capable of being checked, confirmed, or established as true by available evidence or method

    Claims about wholly inaccessible events may remain unverifiable.

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Synonyms
1 adj · not capable of being... unconfirmableuntestableunprovable
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Word family
Derived forms unverifiability

Etymology

Formed from un- ("not") + verifiable. Verify comes from Medieval Latin verificare ("to make true, confirm"), from Latin verus ("true") + facere ("to make").

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