as in unreasonable
having no basis in reason or fact
an unsupported claim that the structure was built by Vikings
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Recent Examples of unsupported
Plants supported by a trellis or cage can be spaced closer together than unsupported plants, as their growth is directed upward.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
An independent fact-checking group found that his claims about the therapy were unsupported by scientific evidence.
—Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Content filtering totally relies on the browser extension, so if your kid uses an unsupported browser or just turns off the extension, that’s the end of content filtering.
—PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2025
The waves of targets, shifting priorities and unexpected challenges left him feeling exhausted and unsupported.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
An independent fact-checking group found that his claims about the therapy were unsupported by scientific evidence.
—Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Content filtering totally relies on the browser extension, so if your kid uses an unsupported browser or just turns off the extension, that’s the end of content filtering.
—PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2025
The waves of targets, shifting priorities and unexpected challenges left him feeling exhausted and unsupported.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsupported
Adjective
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The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.—
Seung-Whan Choi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Grad didn’t offer evidence of his claim, and the theory remains publicly unsubstantiated.—
Larry Holder,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk have fueled fears of cuts to Social Security with their unsubstantiated rhetoric about fraud within the agency.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Until a court tells ICE its removal order is invalid, the agency will follow its regulations, Jafek added.—
Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2025
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President Trump Monday claimed that pardons dished out by former President Biden to members of the congressional committee that investigated Jan. 6 are invalid because they were signed using an autopen.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Unsupported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsupported. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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