prove false

Frequency: 6.55.3 per million words

To be shown to be untrue through evidence or investigation.

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Examples (10)

  • The initial diagnosis would later prove false after further testing.
  • Her accusations against him proved false when the evidence emerged.
  • The company's claims about their product's effectiveness proved false.
  • Time will prove these predictions false or accurate.
  • The witness testimony proved false under cross-examination.
  • Scientific research has proven this theory false.
  • The rumor about the merger proved false by the end of the week.
  • His alibi might prove false if we investigate further.
  • The initial reports proved false when journalists fact-checked them.
  • These assumptions will likely prove false in the real world.