insufficient evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinsufficientandevidence
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insufficient
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.səˈfɪʃ.ənt/us/ˌɪn.səˈfɪʃ.ənt/
not ...
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evidence
noun[U]
uk/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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For most strategies, there wasinsufficientevidenceto draw any conclusions regarding their effectiveness.
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In these circumstances, readers agreed that "positive" was too definitive, whereas "insufficientevidence" was also inaccurate.
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Nevertheless, at present there isinsufficientevidenceto support this view.
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At any rate, we haveinsufficientevidenceto assume this.
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Even here, there isinsufficientevidenceon reducing the number of people who fall or falls-injuries.
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The systematic review identifiedinsufficientevidenceto meaningfully distinguish between the variety of tests that might be used in practice.
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In our view it is premature to reject the phonological sensitivity hypothesis because there isinsufficientevidenceto distinguish it from the phonological storage hypothesis.
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And though pictures alone provideinsufficientevidence, and certainly not authenticity, once deconstructed they do lend singular guidance in understanding changing mentalities.
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Drugs could be classified as: likely efficacious, unlikely efficacious, non-efficacious orinsufficientevidence.
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The grand jury's no bill says merely that there isinsufficientevidenceto indict.
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Presumably, in such cases the language, itself, isinsufficientevidenceof the meaning of the statute and requires supplementation.
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The largest categories assigned by authors were "insufficientevidence" (32.4%), "possibly positive" (28.6%), and "positive effect" (26.7%).
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Currently, there isinsufficientevidencefor an answer to these questions.
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Similarly, in cases where there isinsufficientevidenceto record a deliberate or accidental verdict, the code 'undetermined' is applied.
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There isinsufficientevidencethus far to support or refute such a claim.
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The mere fact that the objects follow a curved path isinsufficientevidencefor the particular operationalization of kinematic geometry.
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It is thereforeinsufficientevidencefor linguistic grouping.
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Unfortunately, there isinsufficientevidencefrom incidence studies to resolve this question.
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