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unproving

unproving is the present participle and gerund of unprove.

Meaning of unprove

Verb

unprove (third-person singular simple present unproves, present participle unproving, simple past and past participle unproved)

  1. (rare, transitive) To disprove.
    • […] null hypothesis reasoning, with the highest priority given to unproving diagnoses that might be most serious for the patient […]1989, Renée Claire Fox, The Sociology of Medicine: A Participant Observer's View, page 50

Adjective

unproving (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Not offering or not constituting proof.
    • Let Z be a formula, and let C be a collection of formulas. […] We shall say that […] C is maximal Z-unproving if C is Z-unproving and C is not a proper subset of another Z-unproving set; […]2020, Eric Schechter, Classical and Nonclassical Logics, page 466

Origin of unproving

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

un- + proving

Questions about unproving

What does unproving mean?
Unproving means not offering or not constituting proof.
What is unproving the present participle and gerund of?
Unproving is the present participle and gerund of unprove.
What part of speech is unproving?
Unproving is an adjective.

Words near unproving in the dictionary

  1. unprovidentially
  2. unprovidently
  3. unprovides
  4. unproviding
  5. unprovincial
  6. unproving
  7. unprovision
  8. unprovisioned
  9. unprovisioning
  10. unprovisions
  11. unprovocable

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