hypothetical

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[ US /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtəkəɫ, ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəɫ/ ]
[ UK /hˌa‍ɪpəθˈɛtɪkə‍l/ ]

ADJECTIVE

based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
hypothetical situation
the supposed reason for his absence
theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural

NOUN

a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
consider the following, just as a hypothetical

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How To Use hypothetical In A Sentence

It is the final guard against nationalistic states that sought the betterment of their people first and foremost and not that of some hypothetical global village or for the internationalistic elite. Pravda blames trotskyites for u.s. empire
Ask some hypothetical questions, shy of detail. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike Church, Turing developed his disproof of Hilbert's conjecture around the conception of a hypothetical machine which would decide the truth of statements by a set of well-defined sequential operations.
These situations are not hypothetical; they are based on real stories from faculty members across the country.
The hypothetical role of tissue hypoxia also needs to be explored.
Just kidding about that being hypothetical: That describes CBS 'snakebitten 1998 Games. NBC's Olympic ratings not necessarily golden
It's one of those historical hypothetical questions. Times, Sunday Times
But as Neanderthal as a whole went extinct anyhow, these hypothetically admixed individuals left surely no heirs either. Quantifying Neanderthal introgression by serial coalescent simulations
Of course, my hypothetical is theoretical, as I am not talking about a real thing that has attributes A, B, and C. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Further Left You Are the Less You Know About Economics:
And it is to the world that is there that the scientist must go to confirm or disconfirm the hypothetical objects of scientific theory.

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