Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Lacking substantiation; without evidence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: baseless, idle, footless, groundless, unfounded, ungrounded, unjustified, unproved, unproven, unsubstantiated, unsupported
Antonyms: none provided
verb
simple past and past participle of unsubstantiate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
unsupported by other evidence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: uncorroborated
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English substantiated English unsubstantiated From un- + substantiated.
From unsubstantiate + -ed.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
