as in unreasonable
having no basis in reason or fact
an unsupported claim that the structure was built by Vikings
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Recent Examples of unsupported
The list of unsupported transactions included a $348 hotel transaction in Lima, Peru; a nearly $1,700 meal at a Dubai steakhouse; and about $1,500 in plane tickets through Fiji Airways, all of which corresponded to the dates of the social media posts.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Mirabal said the response from employees left her stunned and feeling unsupported.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Trying to explain a difficult situation could leave you feeling unsupported now.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
But the claim, made in a wide-ranging recent interview with USA Today, is unsupported by evidence, experts say.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Mirabal said the response from employees left her stunned and feeling unsupported.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Trying to explain a difficult situation could leave you feeling unsupported now.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
But the claim, made in a wide-ranging recent interview with USA Today, is unsupported by evidence, experts say.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsupported
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There are people who desire to drastically improve the health of our ecosystems who unknowingly struggle with unreasonable expectations.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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Amid those pressures, many people turn to the comfort of a pet – but the expectations for what dogs can bring to our lives are becoming increasingly unreasonable.—
Margret Grebowicz,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The former county clerk in Colorado was convicted of multiple crimes for letting someone access data from a secure voting system in an effort to prove unsubstantiated 2020 election conspiracies.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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There has been local media chatter about the potential mood in the VIP section, amid unsubstantiated reports that French President Emmanuel Macron has yet to confirm his attendance and does not want to sit next to Vance in light of recent tensions over Greenland.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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City officials, however, cannot bypass procedures due to due process requirements, and attempting to accelerate the timeline might render the revocation invalid.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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Halligan, a former insurance attorney who had been working in the White House, promptly filed indictments against the two, but both were ultimately dismissed after a court found Halligan’s appointment was invalid.—
Barbara McQuade,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Unsupported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsupported. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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