disconfirming

[dis-kuhn-furm]

dis·con·firm

[dis-kuhn-furm]
verb (used with object)
to prove to be invalid.

Origin:
1935–40; dis- + confirm

dis·con·fir·ma·tion [dis-kon-fer-mey-shuhn, dis-kon-] , noun
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Disconfirming is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
WordNet
disconfirming

adjective
1. not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative" [syn: negative] [ant: confirming
2. establishing as invalid or untrue 
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