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refutable

[ri-fyoo-tuh-buhl, ref-yuh-tuh-]

adjective

  1. able to be proven false.

    The statement is so vague as to be neither provable nor refutable.



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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • refutability noun
  • refutably adverb
  • unrefutable adjective
  • unrefutably adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of refutable1

First recorded in 1570–80 for an earlier sense; refut(e) ( def. ) + -able ( def. )
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In fact, the proof was not there, and it was easily refutable.

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Before the editorial board, Manion was wrong to repeat vague and easily refutable “concerns†about the leanings of Ferrell’s donors and supporters.

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At the time she said was “concerned about some very obvious, refutable factual inaccuracies†in “Inventing Anna†but was more interested in the true-crime entertainment genre as a whole.

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That was conducted by Cyber Ninjas loyal to Trump yet unable to come up with anything more than 360 additional votes for Joe Biden and easily refutable charges about illegal voters.

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To show that a statement X is not refutable in ZFC, it is enough to find a universe in which both ZFC and X are valid.

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