unprovable

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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
  • Drop the unverifiable boxing deliveries, and the NFL has bragging rights to 84 of the top 100 events on the list.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Such testimony would normally be prohibited by the rule against hearsay evidence, which exists to screen out unverifiable statements.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Remote work, low rates, and investor FOMO drove prices to unsupportable highs.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Adjective
  • Given rising trade tensions and the likely unsustainable strength in the export sector, Beijing might eventually be compelled to ramp up its policy measures significantly.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But this new growth paradigm, like the one that preceded it, is unsustainable.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 8 Jan. 2026

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“Unprovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprovable. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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