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Grammar : Adj
Spell : proov
Phonetic Transcription : pruv


Définition of unproved

Origin :
  • late 12c., pruven, proven "to try, test; evaluate; demonstrate," from Old French prover, pruver "show; convince; put to the test" (11c., Modern French prouver), from Latin probare "to make good; esteem, represent as good; make credible, show, demonstrate; test, inspect; judge by trial" (source also of Spanish probar, Italian probare), from probus "worthy, good, upright, virtuous," from PIE *pro-bhwo- "being in front," from *pro-, extended form of root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per), + root *bhu- "to be" (cf. Latin fui "I have been," futurus "about to be;" Old English beon "to be;" see be). Related: Proved; proven; proving.
  • adj untried
Example sentences :
  • I simply affirm that what women can or cannot do is as yet unproved.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • He was an unproved brave1667; he provided nothing for his Fol.
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • He declares that every case into which he examined turned out to be unproved.
  • Extract from : « Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions) » by Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
  • "Only unproved knights are yet in the field," said Palamides.
  • Extract from : « Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • He must not go to the police, or to the committee, with an unproved tale.
  • Extract from : « Mystery at Geneva » by Rose Macaulay
  • Her voice was like that of a soul trying to speak with unproved lips.
  • Extract from : « Thomas Wingfold, Curate » by George MacDonald
  • For what else can you call submission to unproved assertions, and concurrence in unfounded belief?'
  • Extract from : « The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) » by Fanny Burney
  • What positive system, or positive truths previously unknown or unproved, has he established?
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume I (of 4) » by George Grote
  • The unproved value of submarines only deepens the mist which overhangs the next naval war.
  • Extract from : « Some Principles of Maritime Strategy » by Julian Stafford Corbett
  • In the Crimea everything was in the dark; even steam was an unproved element, and everything had to be improvised.
  • Extract from : « Some Principles of Maritime Strategy » by Julian Stafford Corbett

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