unfalsifiable

adjective

un·fal·si·fi·able ˌən-ˌfȯl-sə-ˈfī-ə-bəl

: not capable of being proved false

unfalsifiable hypotheses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In my view, this kind of post-hoc explanation for negative findings is unfalsifiable and not very helpful. —

Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2015 Bearing similar importance is the seamless access and security that comes from having a single, unfalsifiable profile that can represent an individual across any centralized or decentralized service. —

Sandy Carter, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022 The problem with this entire discussion—including the experts’ breezy dismissals—is that the presence or absence of sentience is by definition unprovable, unfalsifiable, unknowable. —

Rob Toews, Forbes, 24 July 2022 Aside from some stablecoins, cryptocurrencies are backed by no tangible assets, so even outlandish predictions of their value are unfalsifiable. —

Greg Ip, WSJ, 18 May 2022 At some point, that becomes an unfalsifiable hypothetical. —

Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 21 June 2021 Nick has just given Joey a lesson in the art of unfalsifiable-claim making. —

Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2021 That’s the kind of conspiratorial reasoning that the Wood-Powell duo, with their deep commitment to wild and unfalsifiable charges, might apply to themselves. —

Rich Lowry, National Review, 4 Dec. 2020 On the Hebrew Scriptures, there is hardly any external evidence to support the various theories of their origins, and so the theories are mostly unfalsifiable. —

Barton Swaim, WSJ, 9 July 2019 See More

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