Inability to disprove a theory does not mean it is right.
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Disprove
//dɪsˈpɹuːv//
Synonyms for "disprove" (65 found)
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36 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- دَحَضَ verb (to refute)
Belarusian
2 entries- абве́ргнуць verb (to refute)
- абвярга́ць verb (to refute)
Bulgarian
2 entries- оборвам verb (to refute)
- опровергавам verb (to refute)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 駁斥 /驳斥 verb (to refute)
Czech
1 entries- vyvrátit verb (to refute)
Dutch
2 entries- ontkrachten verb (to refute)
- weerleggen verb (to refute)
Finnish
2 entries- kumota verb (to refute)
- osoittaa vääräksi verb (to refute)
French
2 entries- infirmer verb (to refute)
- réfuter verb (to refute)
German
1 entries- widerlegen verb (to refute)
Greek
1 entries- ανταποδεικνύω verb (to refute)
Hungarian
1 entries- megcáfol verb (to refute)
Italian
1 entries- confutare verb (to refute)
Japanese
1 entries- 反駁する verb (to refute)
Latin
2 entries- redarguō verb (to refute)
- refellō verb (to refute)
Old English
1 entries- unsōþian verb (to refute)
Portuguese
2 entries- desmentir verb (to refute)
- refutar verb (to refute)
Russian
2 entries- опрове́ргнуть verb (to refute)
- опроверга́ть verb (to refute)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- opovrgnuti verb (to refute)
Spanish
4 entries- desdecir verb (to refute)
- desmentir verb (to refute)
- rebatir verb (to refute)
- refutar verb (to refute)
Swedish
2 entries- motbevisa verb (to refute)
- vederlägga verb (to refute)
Tagalog
1 entries- pabulaanan verb (to refute)
Ukrainian
2 entries- спросто́вувати verb (to refute)
- спростува́ти verb (to refute)
Welsh
1 entries- gwrthbrofi verb (to refute)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
All you need is one counterexample to disprove a theory.
Source: tatoeba (10250549)
Climatologists on both sides of the debate agree no single weather event may be used to prove, or disprove, the existence of climate change.
Source: tatoeba (12209185)
disprove a theory
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