unsupported assertion
Frequency: 5.42.5 per million words
A statement that lacks supporting facts or evidence.
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Examples (20)
- The article was full of unsupported assertions.
- The lawyer's argument was dismissed because it relied on an unsupported assertion.
- The professor criticized the student's paper for its reliance on unsupported assertions.
- Scientific journals rarely publish papers containing unsupported assertions.
- The lawyer quickly dismissed the witness's testimony as a series of unsupported assertions.
- Politicians often make unsupported assertions during election campaigns to sway voters.
- In science, an unsupported assertion holds no value until it is backed by empirical data.
- The critic's review was full of unsupported assertions about the director's motives.
- You can't win a debate with just an unsupported assertion; you need evidence.
- You cannot expect us to believe such an unsupported assertion without any data.
- Making an unsupported assertion weakened his entire argument.
- The report was criticized for presenting unsupported assertions as established facts.
- His claim will remain an unsupported assertion unless he provides concrete proof.
- Her thesis was sent back for revision because of several unsupported assertions in the conclusion.
- The journalist had unknowingly published several unsupported assertions from an anonymous source.
- It is dangerous to base public policy on unsupported assertions rather than research.
- How can you expect us to believe such an unsupported assertion without any facts?
- The witness's testimony consisted mostly of unsupported assertions and hearsay.
- Despite being challenged, he continued to repeat his unsupported assertion about the company's financial health.
- Careful researchers avoid making unsupported assertions in their final analysis.