unprove

English

Etymology

un- +‎ prove

Verb

unprove (third-person singular simple present unproves, present participle unproving, simple past and past participle unproved)

  1. (transitive, rare) To disprove.
    • 1989, Renée Claire Fox, The Sociology of Medicine: A Participant Observer's View (page 50)
      […] null hypothesis reasoning, with the highest priority given to unproving diagnoses that might be most serious for the patient […]
    • 2003, Kirk Cheyfitz, Thinking Inside the Box (page 15)
      To unprove Hamel's point, one need look no further than Webvan, the online grocer without a single real store.
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