unsubstantiated claim
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunsubstantiatedandclaim
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unsubstantiated
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.səbˈstæn.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/us/ˌʌn.səbˈstæn.ʃi.eɪ.t̬ɪd/
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claim
noun[C]
uk/kleɪm/us/kleɪm/
a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not ...
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(Definition ofunsubstantiatedandclaimfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofunsubstantiated claim
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I am aware only of oneunsubstantiatedclaim.
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That decision is based on theunsubstantiatedclaimthat it would result in the saving of a paltry £200,000, or a redistribution of £200,000.
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It cannot be right to allow a person to make anunsubstantiatedclaimto be a child in order to circumvent normal immigration controls.
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That is a totallyunsubstantiatedclaim.
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It contains some minor errors and some major, unsubstantiated claims.
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Contestable or questionbegging assertions occur too frequently to enumerate, and the trouble is that they are all too often left as unsubstantiated claims.
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It does not polemicize or make unsubstantiated claims (if anything, it is almost quite dry).
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Tunney's character also makes anunsubstantiatedclaimthat their second album was stolen prior to release and never recovered.
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Disappointingly, chapters 2-5 are also riddled with inaccurate information, unsubstantiated claims and a clear lack of knowledge of published literature in the field.
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This pattern of unsubstantiated claims, which continues throughout the volume, entirely compromises the scholarly integrity of the study.
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Plain language exponents are often criticised for unsubstantiated claims about their work since no document can safely be regarded as clear until users' performance proves it.
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They must not be convinced by products sold on unsubstantiated claims.
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I know there is often disappointment when claims are wholly or partly rejected; but we cannot meet unsubstantiated claims.
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It was produced to counter unsubstantiated claims that the risk was as high as one in 5,000 or one in 10,000.
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They make offensive and unsubstantiated claims about the irresponsibility of the media, when we know how cautious and self-restrained the broadcasting authorities have been.
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At present, work is continuing with providers and the receiver to establish the final number of unsubstantiated claims for the last financial year.
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Labour will not be able to achieve such savings and the proposed measures are pitiful, ineffective and based on unsubstantiated claims as to the amount.
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The two settlements barred false and unsubstantiated claims about the performance, benefits, efficacy, or attributes of these products.
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Although they hunt alone, there have been unsubstantiated claims of communal hunting, where one devil drives prey out of its habitat and an accomplice attacks.
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But the general code among lobbyists is that unsubstantiated claims are bad business.
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