How to Use unsubstantiated in a Sentence

unsubstantiated

adjective
  • Like so many of the names on the list, the claims are unsubstantiated.
    Rashah McChesney, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The threat was deemed to be unsubstantiated, and no weapon was found.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Some went as far as making unsubstantiated claims that the bog project was a coverup for a strip mine.
    Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • In other words, the thinkers of the day were asserting it’s not on us to prove your unsubstantiated ideas are wrong.
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 10 May 2022
  • But the unsubstantiated fraud claims have cast a shadow over the vote.
    Oassim Abdul-Zahra, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2021
  • The unsubstantiated rumors caused Swift fans to swarm the local eatery, crowding the inside and outside of the restaurant to catch a glimpse.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud have cast a shadow over the vote.
    Qassim Abdul-Zahra, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The big picture: The repost on Sunday night is among the latest in a slew of posts from Musk about unsubstantiated election fraud claims.
    Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Trump, who had largely stayed out of the contest, made unsubstantiated claims that the election was rigged in the closing days that were echoed by Elder’s campaign.
    chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The crowd was riled up over Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that the election was stolen, claims that Tuberville promoted.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 27 Feb. 2021
  • According to some unsubstantiated reports, the Note series is on the way out for good.
    Yoni Heisler, BGR, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Barr made a number of unsubstantiated claims in the lead-up to the election that boosted Trump's fear-mongering about voter fraud ahead of his defeat.
    Tierney Sneed, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Easy Ways to Shop Smarter Keep an eye out for specific fiber names instead of unsubstantiated eco claims.
    Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2021
  • But Trump, in a series of tweets late last month, sought to downplay the severity of the hack and raised the unsubstantiated idea that China could be responsible.
    Eric Tucker, ajc, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Democrats are ready to rebut any unsubstantiated claims of fraud and malfeasance.
    al, 6 Jan. 2021
  • There, the two leveled unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and calls for Kemp, a Republican, to be jailed.
    Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The company has taken some more-extreme steps in recent weeks to shield posts from Trump that make false or unsubstantiated claims about the election.
    Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Carra has backed Trump's unsubstantiated claims that the election was stolen.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The investigation began about a month after he was honored as one of the state's best teachers, and the claims made against him were unsubstantiated.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The paper said the unsubstantiated claim seems to have started with a post in a Springfield Facebook group that was widely shared across social media.
    Npr Staff, NPR, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The Kremlin has often made that unsubstantiated claim to justify the war.
    Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The media was quick to embrace the explosive, unsubstantiated claim and welcomed the anti-Trump lawyer for a new round of TV appearances.
    Fox News, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Perry said the signs and digital ads were intended as a response to Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was rigged against him.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2021
  • And then producers and music fans weighed in on an unsubstantiated headline that claimed Saweetie’s project was set to sell only 2,000 copies in its first week.
    Lakin Imani Starling, Allure, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Trump and his supporters have levied a series of false, unsubstantiated and misleading claims about the election in Michigan and across the country.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Full-body scans offer a tempting but unsubstantiated path to good health.
    Lisa Doggett, NPR, 18 June 2024
  • From the unsubstantiated premise that Biden has taken bribes, Trump goes on to allege foreign blackmail caused Biden to take certain actions.
    Isaac Arnsdorf, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The curse is unsubstantiated, but its legend can still be leveraged to dissuade seekers, and for treasure hunters, that could mean the pit holds a secret worth protecting.
    Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021
  • The comment from Trump stems from unsubstantiated claims that Haley has cheated on her husband.
    Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
  • According to prosecutors, Trump and his allies allegedly pushed false claims of fraud and tried to use those claims as a basis to appoint an alternate slate of electors that would support the unsubstantiated claims of victory.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024

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