Unsupported

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without physical support.

    "The bombed bridge was left unsupported and soon collapsed."

  2. 2
    For which support or help is not available.

    "This obsolete software is unsupported. Please upgrade to the latest version."

  3. 3
    Without confirmation from a credible source, without verifying support

    "The sentence was unsupported by an inline citation or general bibliographic reference source notes."

  4. 4
    Not supported by or borne out of evidence or facts.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not held up or borne wordnet
  2. 2
    not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid wordnet

Synonyms

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unsubstantiatedunwarrantedalienatedalonealoofapart

Example

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"Warning: unsupported characters are displayed using the '_' character."

Etymology

From Middle English unsupported, equivalent to un- + supported.

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