unsupported assertion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunsupportedandassertion
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unsupported
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.səˈpɔː.tɪd/us/ˌʌn.səˈpɔːr.t̬ɪd/
If someone's opinions or statements are unsupported, they do not have any proof or evidence to show that they ...
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assertion
noun[C + that]
uk/əˈsɜː.ʃən/us/əˈsɝː.ʃən/
a statement that you strongly believe ...
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(Definition ofunsupportedandassertionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As a result, many of these conclusions appear to be no more than either anecdote, the author'sunsupportedassertion, or idle speculation.
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I am reminded that in any case we have only anunsupportedassertionthat the protection exists.
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We have no evidence that such anunsupportedassertionis correct.
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Thatunsupportedassertionis no longer good.
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However, liability to taxation can scarcely be left to a taxpayer'sunsupportedassertion; and when a dispute about domicile comes to appeal it can take a long time to settle.
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There are some points of more general interest, but these are scattered through the text and consist mostly of unsupported assertions and precepts.
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Their presence is a distraction and, in some cases, the unsupported assertions they contain could be misleading for casual readers.
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This book is basically anti-plate tectonics and, instead of enlightening the reader, we are treated to onesided views, unsupported assertions, obsolete information and generally sloppy scholarship.
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We heard a series of unsupported assertions based on political dogma and nothing else.
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It is worse to rest one's case on unsupported assertions than on statistics, however they may be argued about.
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If he wants to traduce her character, he must do better than make unsupported assertions.
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They are founded on the political dogma of competition and a large number of unsupported assertions.
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Other similar unsupported assertions were made.
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It is a hodgepodge of unsupported assertions, irrelevant platitudes, and legalistic gibberish.
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