How To Use Disprove In A Sentence

  • Any attempt to disprove the theory of evolution using thermodynamics will require proper formalisms.
  • His ideas are obviously foolish, easily disproved, an affront to any reasoning person.
  • The effort by the defendant to present Ellen as an "unchaste" woman would not have disproved Catharine's suit, as the action was for compensation for loss of household services only; however, he may have been hoping to lower the valuation for Ellen as "damaged goods. Gutenber-e Help Page
  • ANYONE who can only come forward when they know no one can disprove what they claim should just keep quiet. The Sun
  • The criticism that atheists are less moral and honest has been disproved by study after study. Atheists believe that morality is man-made, and follow their moral ideas which are more or less compatible with those of religious believers. Dr T.P.Chia 
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  • Armed with this tool, an ID proponent can "disprove" evolution by simply shifting between the two conflicting definitions without reference to anything about the original structure. A Decade Spanning Single Exchange
  • To prove or disprove the tallest tales, you need to get into Turkmenistan and see for yourself. Times, Sunday Times
  • To date there is no hard evidence to prove or disprove this myth.
  • The contest disproved the general belief that the youngsters of today were more inclined towards western music than classical.
  • The ship was beset for nine months during which time they disproved the existence of South Greenland which had been shown on maps since 1823.
  • In the latter case we would reserve judgement on the issue of company size and management remuneration since no clear link is either proved or disproved. Collins Dictionary of Economics
  • But he admitted there was'no definitive evidence to prove or disprove the suggested link '. The Sun
  • Bijerinck disproved this theory when he showed that the sap could successively transmit the fully virulent disease through a large number of plant generations.
  • What more reasonable than that this should be done, while living witnesses may yet be called, to prove or disprove the several allegations and assertions; since, in a few years more, such witnesses may be as much wanting as to prevent a canonization, which is therefore prudently procrastinated for above an age? The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings
  • In many quarters there was a clamour for "practical" studies, and the old classical course was decried as useless, or merely ornamental; its very foundation, the theory of mental or formal discipline, well expressed in the term gymnasium for classical schools in Germany, has been vigorously assailed, but not disproved. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • While the data doesn't itself disprove that carbon dioxide is acting to warm the planet, it does demonstrate clearly that more powerful factors are now cooling it. White House report warns of climate change effects
  • agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence
  • The statistics to prove or disprove his hypothesis will take years to collect.
  • Such objections as that the accused, at the time of the arraignment, is undergoing a sentence of a general court-martial, or that owing to the long delay in bringing him to trial he is unable to disprove the charge or to defend himself, or that his accuser was actuated by malice or is a person of bad character, or that he was released from restraint upon the charges are not proper subjects for motion prior to plea, however much they may constitute ground for a continuance or affect the questions of the truth or falsity of the charge or of the measure of punishment. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10214
  • There have been many theories over the years, but none has been proved or disproved. Times, Sunday Times
  • Likewise if Venter should intelligently design a synthetic organism it does not "disprove" the puddle theory. Better Bubbles
  • The statistics to prove or disprove his hypothesis will take years to collect.
  • Empedocles, and others, to prove there must be something self-existent and eternal, or in other words, "that nothing which once was not can ever of itself come into being," he uses it to disprove a divine creation, and even presents the maxim in an altered form -- viz., "nothing is ever _divinely_ generated from nothing;" [787] and he thence concludes that the world was by no means made for us by _divine_ power. [ Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
  • Drinking absinthe supposedly made people murderous; that claim has been thoroughly disproved and it is now legal in Canada.
  • Recent research at St Andrews University, revisited the Stanford work and disproved the idea of automatic brutalism.
  • The claim may disprove the accepted physics limits set for magnetization in a substance. Minn. Prof May Have Found Most Magnetic Substance In World
  • Sex offences can be difficult to prove or disprove as it often comes down to one person's word against the other's.
  • New business units were started to prove or disprove product and service ideas.
  • Whether any universally omniscient entity exists or not is, at least for now anyway, irrelevant from a scientific perspective, because it can be neither proven nor disproven experimentally. Debbie – answer your phone | My[confined]Space
  • Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced Wednesday that they've introduced a resolution to "disprove" the city's law on legalizing pot for medical use. Lori's A.M. Buzz
  • If in point of fact; Christianity is a myth, consider the enormity of the intellect which has disproven a diety which is everywhere at all times, knows everything, and cannot be stopped. Texas Faith will return on July 14 | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
  • But he admitted there was'no definitive evidence to prove or disprove the suggested link '. The Sun
  • For the most part, these questions should be held in abeyance until other researchers either validate or disprove the hypothesis outlined in the present study.
  • To argue that the legal ownership of firearms by the citizens are a source for criminals is a hoary old story that has been disproved over hundreds of years.
  • My urge to prove my sanity made me gabble, and my gabbling disproved my claim.
  • The temptation to prove or disprove something with an aphorism or epigram secures instant juvenile glee, but nisus of impelling wider perspective flee. Archive 2009-03-01
  • Gödel showed, in 1940, that the Axiom of Choice cannot be disproved using the other axioms of set theory.
  • The criticism that atheists are less moral and honest has been disproved by study after study. Atheists believe that morality is man-made, and follow their moral ideas which are more or less compatible with those of religious believers. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • There is not enough evidence in the letters to prove or disprove this hypothesis. The Times Literary Supplement
  • All you're doing now is offering ad hoc solutions here and there to legitimize an epenthetic vowel that I've already disproved. I tripped over Pre-IE the other day
  • After all, just how likely is it that some amateur could detect and disprove the so-called hoax in a mere six minutes, when trained professionals had taken it at face value?
  • If their arguments remain unproved or are disproved, then the war will incite instability.
  • This neither proves nor disproves whether this waveband is fully saturated by the 0.038% CO2 in the atmosphere. Unthreaded #12 « Climate Audit
  • And what no one has ever managed to disprove is the fact that the market can correct itself more effectively than an outside hand, regardless of how many stupid chimps have to suffer in the process. Matthew Yglesias » Question for Stimuskeptics
  • This hypothesis is then subject to further investigation to prove or disprove the theory.
  • The difference was, it made specific claims about Earth's history that could be disproven - thoroughly, with no wiggle room, no maybes, just plain wrong.
  • This might indeed be the only way to disprove claims about tax avoidance conclusively. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, in Antony's eulogy, he focuses on Caesar's positive traits, and cunningly disproves Brutus' justification for killing Caesar.
  • One that disproved the theory that good teams win when they are not playing well. The Sun
  • He had written a paper proposing a “new” kind of capitalism that was little more than the same old disproved Keynesian, government spending model couched in capitalistic language. Textbook Omissions, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • What this means is that there is no way that any hypothesis drawn from Marxist theory can be disproved by empirical investigation.
  • Can archaeology prove or disprove biblical stories? Times, Sunday Times
  • To say that it’s troubling that she has a starting assumption that African Americans are genetically disposed to be less intelligent than whites, and that she needs evidence to disprove her starting assumption of their intellectual inferiority, is not to argue that she’s a racist because she didn’t consider whether African Americans may be more intelligent than whites. The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity
  • What kind of experimentally verifiable physical manifestation would serve to prove or disprove either the existence of “goodness” or, if such was proved, the presence or absence of “goodness” in real-world situation? Lean Left » Blog Archive » I Do Not Believe In the Theory Of Evolution; I Do Not Believe in Global Warming
  • And if so, has your colleague proved or disproved his conjecture?
  • They are not disproved by counter-arguments of the Kantian sort, any more than they are proved by those of the Newtonians.
  • I can't tell if this proves or disproves my point.
  • Why would Hersh write something so easily disproved by simple access to the source document?
  • But during that time, and correct me if I'm mistaken, during that time, when the White House was selling this line that Saddam Hussein financed the World Trade Center attacks, which was widely disproved, all over the world, even then, it seemed to me that once the talking point came out of the white house or out of the campaign, even if if was disproved, that you guys discarded any of the evidence or arguments against whatever the White House said. In Exile
  • The only way to "disprove" it is with a truckload of statistics. Debunking Astrology: Mars Can't Influence You | Universe Today
  • If the assumption that you believe until you see it disproved is that blacks are dumber than whites, then yes, that’s controversial. The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups
  • A commonly peddled myth that only the bookmakers have the contacts and wherewithal to lobby government has been discreetly disproved in recent weeks. Times, Sunday Times
  • Once he had raised this issue the prosecution was obliged to disprove it if they were to secure a conviction.
  • Leaving aside the circumstantial evidence, each of the three main pieces of evidence mentioned above would be enough to disprove claims that the fragment is truly ancient. Christianity Today
  • It took over two months to disprove the allegation.
  • There's no way to prove or disprove their theory. Times, Sunday Times
  • Thus the crash didn't conclusively disprove the hypothesis. Principles of Corporate Finance
  • I was never able to prove or disprove that translation, so I'll just go on believing it.
  • Let us remember that so many of their assertions are mere suppositions and theories which cannot be proved, and which may very well be disproved, as so many have been disproved during the past hundred years.
  • If there is an allegation that comes to light, it cannot be proved or disproved. Times, Sunday Times
  • In many ways Friendster was the perfect model but the fact it crashed and burned begins to disprove that mere aggregation is the answer. February « 2007 « Innovation Cloud
  • Similarly, the idea that Persian Gulf security is somehow increased by maintaining authoritarian regimes should be disproved by the name Saddam Hussein, a great authoritarian with a troubling habit of invading his Gulf neighbors. Neil Hicks: Beating Back the Democratization Backlash
  • These lies are too easily disproved, and to too much general hilarity. Times, Sunday Times
  • Either the explanation will be vindicated, or we will make discoveries that not only invalidate it, but that may lead to a new, less assumptive theory that is preferred to the others, some of which may also have been disproved in the process.
  • Hopefully the second wireless should turn up next week so we can either prove or disprove our theory and get things sorted once and for all.
  • Significantly, it was a he-man tackle on South Africa's flanker that gave him most pleasure from that game - as if to disprove any doubts concerning his physical durability.
  • This discovery disproved the idea that the world was flat.
  • The criticism that atheists are less moral and honest has been disproved by study after study. Atheists believe that morality is man-made, and follow their moral ideas which are more or less compatible with those of religious believers. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • This, to Horsley, disproves Theissen's hypothesis of wandering charismatics.
  • Can archaeology prove or disprove biblical stories? Times, Sunday Times
  • Publicly released documents in America have already disproved his claims. Times, Sunday Times
  • Evidence can thereby be admitted to prove or disprove the existence of the element which has been deemed jurisdictional.
  • Arbitrio_ everything is pressed into service to disprove and explode the assertion of Erasmus that the human will is able to and does "work something in matters pertaining to salvation," and to establish the monergism or sole activity of grace in man's conversion. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Just because a thing appears to us at present to be illogical does not, of necessity, disprove its validity.
  • Statistics disprove the myth that women are worse drivers than men.
  • I was lagging behind the tour group, busy being skeptical about everything until something happened that I couldn't disprove - someone tugged on my shirt tail.
  • I saw obits that claimed that Becker and Murphy "disproved" his views about advertising, and Freakonomics has made the same claim. Eschew Sesquipedalian Obsfucation, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • He's spent a year hearing criticisms, now he has an entire career to disprove them.
  • Our game dept says there aren't any in NE, but, to many sighting and dead ones to disprove this. Authorities Kill Cougar Near Nebraska High School
  • But he admitted there was'no definitive evidence to prove or disprove the suggested link '. The Sun
  • That disproves nothing as Jessica's mobile phone signal has been traced to this area until 1.30 am when the signal faded as the battery died or it was switched off.
  • _Good hearted_ young men, the title disproved, 315. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.
  • Also, as pointed out before, if we are able to find an object of sufficient mass within the Schwarzschild radius, which normally would continue to collapse into a gravitational singularity (Black Hole) but has not, that would disprove the theory of Black holes right there, or in other words falsify them. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • The criticism that atheists are less moral and honest has been disproved by study after study. Atheists believe that morality is man-made, and follow their moral ideas which are more or less compatible with those of religious believers. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • One part of government seeks to endorse unproven and disproved treatments, at the same time as another part makes them illegal. Times, Sunday Times
  • Leaving aside the circumstantial evidence, each of the three main pieces of evidence mentioned above would be enough to disprove claims that the fragment is truly ancient. Christianity Today
  • But he admitted there was'no definitive evidence to prove or disprove the suggested link '. The Sun
  • Excavation has disproved the old idea that the mid-Saxon economy was moribund and that no significant steps towards urbanism were taken before the reign of Alfred the Great.
  • But after all that is said, the accounts given are not disproved by being multiply reported.
  • Publicly released documents in America have already disproved his claims. Times, Sunday Times
  • All three of us - me, my wife, and the writers - can remain enthusiastic fans because none of us can disprove the others. In Defense of Porn, Part II
  • I am well aware that the majority was a small one, but the vote marks the end of a long struggle, and disproves the contention that the English workingman is by nature an individualist. The Menace of Socialism
  • When the terms involved are so vague, such arguments are easy to make and hard to definitively disprove.
  • He sets out to disprove the notion purveyed by Republican sympathizers that the media is biased to the left.
  • The myth that the Legion took anyone was being rapidly disproved and I didn't want to be a victim of it.
  • If there is an allegation that comes to light, it cannot be proved or disproved. Times, Sunday Times
  • To prove or disprove the tallest tales, you need to get into Turkmenistan and see for yourself. Times, Sunday Times
  • That claim was disproved by the footage. Times, Sunday Times
  • Rumours that proposed production lines feature polystyrene moulds have yet to be disproved
  • You made a claim he had "disproved" a "Papal doctrine" (see earlier). On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • Which brings me to if we are able to find an object of sufficient mass within the Schwarzschild radius, which normally would continue to collapse into a gravitational singularity (Black Hole) but has not, that would disprove the theory of Black holes right there, or in other words falsify them. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Then came a period of reflection and inner-struggle as Herbert set out to write Peary's biography and reluctantly disprove his hero's claim to be the first man to the North Pole.
  • I mean, I have no problems with research that disprove age-old theories that already mutated into dogma.
  • Instead, the important idea about the method is that any statement, to be scientific, must be open to disproof, and a way of knowing how to disprove it exists. Absolute Certainty Is Not Scientific
  • I never claimed this would disprove ID, in fact on many occasions I've mentioned that ID is not science because nothing could conceivably "disprove" it. Better Bubbles
  • There are three theories, none of which we can conclusively prove or disprove without a time machine. Times, Sunday Times
  • Padraig was upbeat when questioned about the jinx and said he was aiming to disprove the theory.
  • The inflationary dislocations caused by the Fed and the War resulted in the depression of 1920, the one you never hear about (because it totally disproves the Keynesians who are congenitally unable to debate – they just name-call). Matthew Yglesias » Harold Ford Calls for Immediate Tax Cuts, Immediate Deficit Reduction
  • This discovery disproved the idea that the world was flat.
  • It wasn’t disproved, no matter how hard you wish otherwise.l ying to Americans about Iraq and WMD- What do you call gassing his own people? Think Progress » Fox on The Defensive, Promos Interview As ‘Clinton Gets Crazed’
  • Sullivan was encouraging Palin to disprove it conclusively, that is to put that nonsense to rest. Palin Claims "Obama-Biden Democrats" Are Regularly Attacking Her Family, But...
  • In his latest book he writes that the theory has since been disproved.
  • Orford, Evelyn, and Vertue attribute to him the invention of mezzotinto engraving; but this has been disputed, and, we believe, disproved. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 352, January 17, 1829
  • His methods, roundly disproved today, were based on the belief that 'the precipitating factor in infantile autism is the parent's wish that the child should not exist'. Death of a Thousand Cuts: Summary and book reviews of Death of a Thousand Cuts by Barbara D'Amato.
  • various experiments have failed to disprove the theory
  • Such claims are impossible to prove or disprove. Times, Sunday Times
  • Of course, they look for information that they want to hear and they try to disprove or suppress information they don't want to hear.
  • This level of detail doesn't automatically make her story ‘true,’ but it does make her story falsifiable, by which I mean possible to disprove.
  • They stand only until disproved by the force of better argument. Politics, Planning and the State
  • As for the science, there is no research to prove or to disprove it. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is possible that Johnson was attempting to disprove immaterialism by the physicality of the stone and its action on his foot.
  • As for the science, there is no research to prove or to disprove it. Times, Sunday Times
  • There's no way to prove or disprove their theory. Times, Sunday Times
  • I tried in vain to find an answer to things that I saw and felt to be antiscriptural and destructive; but this "End" was the beginning of my controversy, for I was wholly new to it, and ignorant of the historical and other facts necessary to disprove the reverend author's bold assumptions. Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain
  • New creature, what it implies, v. 363-365. certain false doctrines founded upon this phrase disproved, 371, 372. this phrase compared with other parallel texts, 416-418. The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10.
  • These products all contain dozens of ingredients, and it is impossible to prove or disprove what most of them do. Times, Sunday Times
  • The criticism that atheists are less moral and honest has been disproved by study after study. Atheists believe that morality is man-made, and follow their moral ideas which are more or less compatible with those of religious believers. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • A theory would shape an experiment, and then the experiment would confirm or disprove the theory.
  • They stand only until disproved by the force of better argument. Politics, Planning and the State
  • A crewman pretending to be the merchantman's captain could be put in front of the video link, so the warship's CO can certify or disprove who he is.
  • Such a charge, even if disproved, which is not easy against perjured evidence picked up with care, is fatal to supreme usefulness in politics. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2
  • Thus the crash didn't conclusively disprove the hypothesis. Principles of Corporate Finance
  • For example, there is some concern that interspinous devices may lead to kyphosis, but to date there are no data to suggest that kyphosis develops and this will only be proven or disproven over time. Spine-Health - Back Pain, Neck Pain, Lower Back Pain
  • Early reports of birth defects l inked to the Gulf War syndrome have been disproved, Whitesides said.
  • The scientific method involves proposing a hypothesis then trying to disprove it.
  • This might indeed be the only way to disprove claims about tax avoidance conclusively. Times, Sunday Times
  • A commonly peddled myth that only the bookmakers have the contacts and wherewithal to lobby government has been discreetly disproved in recent weeks. Times, Sunday Times
  • The simplest definition is that relevant observations are those that could disprove the hypothesis, for disproof is often possible even though absolute proof is not.
  • The distinct specification of the bread and the wine disproves the Romish doctrine of concomitancy, and exclusion of the laity from the cup. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • They stand only until disproved by the force of better argument. Politics, Planning and the State
  • There is not enough evidence in the letters to prove or disprove this hypothesis. The Times Literary Supplement
  • It seems as if the main aim of the analyses offered in this collection is not to prove or disprove a given model.
  • The statistics to prove or disprove his hypothesis will take years to collect.
  • Be that as it may, the main problem I have with the view that all apparent errors are problems with the interpreter rather than the Bible itself is that it seems impossible to disprove - in other words, it is unfalsifiable. Limits of Literalism
  • There have been no archaeological excavations to prove or disprove this theory.
  • In the nine articles that have appeared in this series, we have disproved and confuted all the allegations of disbelievers and critics regarding the origin of the Qur'an.
  • One that disproved the theory that good teams win when they are not playing well. The Sun
  • In the second place, the claim of rational thought to limitless applicability has been disproved.
  • This report attempts to disprove the existence of an international code of diplomacy by contradistinguishing diplomatic practices between the North and the South.
  • Mr Lydon claims he has an alibi to disprove Mr Dunlop's allegations as he was a guest speaker at a conference hosted by the IACT.
  • We disproved her claim.
  • The corelation between CO2 and warming has been disproven. Daniel Kessler: Denying the Obvious
  • Whoever wishes to hold on to the distinction would need to maintain, according to his own logic, that he has always been there - a thesis which can all too easily be disproved.
  • And this is the problem with alternative medicine: how can you prove or disprove such claims? Times, Sunday Times
  • It would seem easy to disprove this by observation, since light passing close to the sun or some other star would be neutralized if it is blueshifted falling and redshifted by an equal amount climbing out, but if the light is being stretched out as it fell in and stretched as it climbed out, there would be an overall redshift from this passage. A Dark, Misleading Force
  • I take it by "rebut" you mean the legal sense of "refute" - but refute implies success i.e. that you have disproved my contention. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • There have been many theories over the years, but none has been proved or disproved. Times, Sunday Times
  • And this is the problem with alternative medicine: how can you prove or disprove such claims? Times, Sunday Times
  • There is little evidence to prove or disprove this theory, since little is known about the Illyrian language.
  • Such claims are impossible to prove or disprove. Times, Sunday Times
  • While his works on lycanthropy and faeries are error-riddled and disproved, his two seminal volumes on ghosts and how to both detect and fight them remain the gold standards of esoteric lore and paranormal studies since their writing. The Codex Continual » The Von Baurs
  • The authors claim that they show trends but the corelation is not significant, i.e. we did not disprove the null hypothesis (Usokin et al., Think Progress » Snow Declares Resurgence of Taliban ‘Predictable,’ Bush Previously Said It Was ‘No Longer…In Existence’
  • Do we sigh that such tenets have been disproved many times over, both by the arguments of more profound thinkers in the field and by the sour fruits of a bitter experience?
  • This way, he gets the chance to disprove my theory that the FA had the right idea but got the wrong man and also to enable this generation, as good technically as any in the world, to flower fully.
  • Further, I cautioned them that their failure to disprove a hypothesis that no structure existed was methodologically inadequate to support a conclusion that prices were random.
  • But by definition predictions of a major change in direction cannot be disproved -- or proved. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity
  • Unable to disprove an unpalatable message, the messenger has been shot.
  • The criticism that atheists are less moral and honest has been disproved by study after study. Atheists believe that morality is man-made, and follow their moral ideas which are more or less compatible with those of religious believers. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • As for the costings themselves, it's pretty much what you'd expect: Treasury is staffed by economists, and so they naturally assume things that have been disproven by the empirical evidence.
  • Again, you guys cavilierly “disprove” every single damn Nature or Science paper, mirabile dictu! Enron Verdict « Climate Audit
  • Calling me 'silly', which is nonsense, does not disprove the fact that the views I called antisemitic are just that, antisemitic. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • Also, his point about how the media only focuses on certain "glamorous" stories, not how they later get disproven, or even about the slower progress in the field, is true and frustrating. Archive 2008-06-06
  • A second and related reason why science is unable to disprove God's existence is that he is transcendent - over, above and beyond time, space and all finite reality.
  • When I'm feeling especially flippant, I'll add, "Have you scanned nuns brains to 'disprove' the theory than nuns are just religious people? Neuroscience: Don't Be Intimidated, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • They conflate the Bible with all religious belief; to them - the existence of contradictions or uncertainties within the Biblical text instantly "disprove" all religion. Science
  • By the way, if you want to make a quick $1000, the study's authors are offering that sum to anyone who can disprove their theory by providing an example of a character created before the year 1800 who suffers from what can be readily identified as dissociative amnesia. Harvard University Press Publicity Blog :
  • Testing again in a few years would give us better data that might prove or disprove that hypothesis.
  • The statistics to prove or disprove his hypothesis will take years to collect.
  • Although the publication of Vesalius's anatomical dissections in 1543 would disprove many of these theories, including the role of the vermis, we find an elaboration of Avicenna's arrangement — with vermis intact at the fore — in the early 17th century illustrations of Robert Fludd's treatises (fig. 4.10). Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
  • The theory has now been disproved.
  • His pupil having listened to him thus far, could contain himself no longer, but interrupted the investigation with a loud laugh, and told him that his postulata put him in mind of a certain learned and ingenious gentleman, who undertook to disprove the existence of natural evil, and asked no other datum on which to found his demonstration, but an acknowledgment that “everything that is, is right.” The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
  • These require more detailed examination in order to determine whether they disprove the hypothesis formulated above.
  • This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.
  • His failure to keep proper records makes it very difficult for him to disprove the inspector's assessment of tax dues.
  • In the latter case we would reserve judgement on the issue of company size and management remuneration since no clear link is either proved or disproved. Collins Dictionary of Economics
  • These products all contain dozens of ingredients, and it is impossible to prove or disprove what most of them do. Times, Sunday Times
  • How can you disprove the existence of the paranormal any more than you can prove it?
  • ANYONE who can only come forward when they know no one can disprove what they claim should just keep quiet. The Sun
  • But recent Chinese export numbers "disproved" any theories that Asian economies could survive an American recession. Worries Worsen in Asia,
  • I defy anyone to disprove the defendant's statements.

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