unprovable

Definition of unprovablenext

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Recent Examples of unprovable Instead, there will always be statements about natural numbers that are either true or false but that are unprovable within the system in question. Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025 Oswego County locals say the sheriff’s patrol is stopping Latino drivers for minor or unprovable violations, then handing them over to Border Patrol. Mina Aguilar, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025 But skeptics say that without the original document, the story is unprovable. Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2025 One fear is therefore that the Collatz problem is one of the unprovable statements of mathematics. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 25 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for unprovable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprovable
Adjective
  • Researchers contend with a patchwork of numbers Figures the administration has released are inconsistent and unverifiable.
    Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Figures the administration has released are inconsistent and unverifiable.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Currah’s opinion piece is wrong on the facts, the law, and the science, and reaches unsupportable conclusions.
    Paisley Currah, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The venerable but troubled outlet has been for sale since its previous owners ran up unsupportable debts and were removed in 2023.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Unable to obtain financing, the companies' vast obligations to creditors and customers became unsustainable.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • To state the obvious, such trends are unhealthy and unsustainable — for society, parents and above all for kids.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026

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“Unprovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprovable. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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