unsupported

unsupported
[[t]ʌ̱nsəpɔ͟ː(r)tɪd[/t]]
1) ADJ If a statement or theory is unsupported, there is no evidence which proves that it is true or correct.

It was a theory unsupported by evidence...

The letters contained unsupported allegations.

Syn:
insubstantiated
2) ADJ: usu ADJ n An unsupported person does not have anyone to provide them with money and the things they need.

Unsupported mothers are one of the fastest-growing groups of welfare claimants.

3) ADJ: usu ADJ n An unsupported building or person is not being physically supported or held up by anything.

...the vast unsupported wall of the Ajuda Palace in Lisbon.

...the child's first unsupported step.


English dictionary. 2008.

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