unsubstantiated

English

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English substantiated

English unsubstantiated

From un- + substantiated.

Adjective

unsubstantiated (comparative more unsubstantiated, superlative most unsubstantiated)

1. Lacking substantiation; without evidence.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:baseless

   • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487:

     Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.

Collocations

Adjectives often used with "unsubstantiated"

• claim, allegation, rumor, accusation, report, charge, assumption, gossip, story, statement

Translations

lacking substantiation

• Bulgarian: непотвърден (nepotvǎrden), необоснован (bg) (neobosnovan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 未经证实的

• Czech: nepodložený (cs)
• German: unbewiesen, unbegründet (de)
• Greek: αβάσιμος (el) m (avásimos)
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• Italian: infondato (it), non comprovato (it)
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: бездоказа́тельный (ru) m (bezdokazátelʹnyj), необосно́ванный (ru) m (neobosnóvannyj)
• Swedish: obefogad (sv)

Etymology 2

From unsubstantiate + -ed.

Verb

unsubstantiated

1. simple past and past participle of unsubstantiate

Further reading

• “unsubstantiated”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “unsubstantiated”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “unsubstantiated”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries