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proofless, a.|ˈpruːflɪs|
[f. proof n. + -less.]
Unsupported by proof or evidence; unfounded.
1610Bp. Carleton Jurisd. 242, I will set downe some of his proofelesse positions. 1795Hist. in Ann. Reg. 126/1 The injurious epithets,..being proofless, fell to the ground. 1859Tennyson Vivien 552 Accusation vast and vague, Spleen⁓born.., and proofless.
Hence ˈprooflessly adv., without proof.
1675Boyle Reconcileableness Reason & Relig. v. Wks. 1772 IV. 171 The erroneous conceits..which the schoolmen and others have prooflessly fathered upon philosophy. 1685― Enq. Notion Nat. vi. 189 It has been prooflesly asserted, and..I do not think my self bound to admit it. |