unproof
unproof noun: absence or lack of proof or evidence; prooflessness.
Noun
unproof (countable and uncountable, plural unproofs)
- Absence or lack of proof or evidence; prooflessness.
- Modern science came to our help in either way of proof or unproof.1997, Kim Younglae, Broken Knowledge
- Perhaps anamnesis, remembering forgetting, is another figure of untruth in truth, the unproof, the arbitrariness and unconvincingness, of every proof.1998, Stephen David Ross, The Gift of Touch
- That which is not proven.
- It is a theory with many unproofs. It has not been demonstrated either theoretically or empirically that time and chance can explain either the universe with its high complexity or man as man.2005, Martha McCallum, The Scarlet Thread
Verb
unproof (third-person singular simple present unproofs, present participle unproofing, simple past and past participle unproofed)
- To undo the proofing of; expose to the possibility of failure.
- [...] but squirrels are smart; they find a way to unproof feeders.2006, James Raimes, Gardening at Ginger
Forms of unproof
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | unproofs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | unproofs |
| present participle | unproofing |
| past participle | unproofed |
| past | unproofed |
Origin of unproof
From un- (“absence or lack of”) + proof.
From un- + proof (“resiliency, firmness”).
Questions about unproof
- What does unproof mean?
- Unproof means absence or lack of proof or evidence; prooflessness.
- What part of speech is unproof?
- Unproof can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of unproof?
- The plural of unproof is unproofs.
Words near unproof in the dictionary
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