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refutable

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

able to be proven false:
The statement is so vague as to be neither provable nor refutable.

re·fut·a·bil·i·ty [ri-fyoo-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee, ref-y, uh, -t, uh, -], noun
re·fut·a·bly adverb
un·re·fut·a·ble adjective
un·re·fut·a·bly adverb

First recorded in 1570–80 for an earlier sense; refut(e) ( def ) + -able ( def )

Claims to have new and irrefutable refutable evidence, and is going to have a second try for the title and estates.

It is a race-slander, refutable by any honest investigator, that the American Negro as a race is unwilling to work.

Evidence of a more definite and less refutable kind is the statement of John Hardyng.

Weininger identifies love with passion and his argument is easily refutable by the experience of many.

It is certainly not the least charm of a theory, says Nietzsche, that it is refutable.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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