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# unverifiable

«unverifiable» in Mova's school dictionary: **impossible to check or prove true or false: «an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unverifiable)

### meaning for a pupil

Unverifiable means impossible to check or prove true or false: «an unverifiable claim». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unverifiable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons on news, the internet and fake news, pupils learn to be careful with unverifiable claims: a story with no source, no evidence and no way to check. In science, a good idea must be testable; an unverifiable idea cannot be tested. Phrases: «unverifiable claims», «unverifiable rumours».

### examples

- The post made an unverifiable claim that eating carrots lets you see in the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unverifiable/#x1)
- Rumours on social media are often unverifiable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unverifiable/#x2)
- The story about the ghost in the library is unverifiable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unverifiable/#x3)
- Good reporters do not print unverifiable facts as true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unverifiable/#x4)
- His boast that he once met the Queen was unverifiable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unverifiable/#x5)
- Scientists prefer ideas that can be tested, not unverifiable ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unverifiable/#x6)

### note

Long word: un-VER-i-fy-a-bul. From «verify» (to check that something is true). Unverifiable does not mean false: it means we cannot check it. Opposite: verifiable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unverifiable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unverifiable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.