unsubstantiateadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective]
unrightlyeOE
leasea900
falsec1175
untruec1370
untruefulc1380
erroneousc1400
fallacec1400
wrongc1420
unsubstantialc1455
wrongfulc1470
unrighteous1507
improper1531
perverse1531
mistaken1540
square1549
truthless1568
uncorrect1568
misconceiveda1612
errorous1633
swervinga1638
tralatitious1645
out of the way1676
wrongous1768
aberrated1834
aberrational1837
unsubstantiated1837
unevidenced1842
non-realistic1882
unsubstantiate1890
screwed-up1942
disauthentic1960
1890 Catholic News 3 May 4/3 A second glance..is enough to expose the unsubstantiate fraud.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
unsubstantiatev.
transitive. To divest of substance; to render unsubstantial.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > by proving error or weakness
reprovea1398
falsifyc1449
enervate1565
convince1583
disprove1584
imposture1622
distest1647
disauthenticate1658
convict1717
negative1790
unsubstantiate1799
to show up1893
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > be or make insubstantial [verb (transitive)] > deprive of substance
volatilize1664
unsubstantiate1799
unsubstantialize1814
dissubstantiate1871
desubstantiate1884
desubstantialize1940
1799 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 284 Death!—that..so unsubstantiates the living things that one has grasped.
1819 T. Chalmers Congregat. Serm. (1836) I. 345 You unsubstantiate all the solemnity of his proclaimed sayings.
1881 A. C. Fraser Life Berkeley 91 The premises that unsubstantiate matter, they would argue, unsubstantiate everything.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1890
v.1799