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- adjective Not corroborated.
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- adjective Not
corroborated
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- adjective unsupported by other evidence
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Examples
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In fact, they have been looking at this possibility since the beginning, following up on what he called uncorroborated information.
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In fact, they have been looking at this possibility since the beginning following up on what he called uncorroborated information.
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The board, in its Jan. 30 letter to Abdel-Hafiz, noted that his ex-wife's claims were "uncorroborated" and "the failed polygraph examination, considering your past history with that test, were not enough to substantiate her allegations against you."
Reinstated 2007
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The Zimbabwe government Monday described as "uncorroborated" a report by an international panel of high-ranking lawyers who said that democracy and the rule of law in the country were "in the gravest peril."
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A representative for Thatcher has insisted that recent newspaper reports about the incident are "uncorroborated".
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A representative for Thatcher has insisted that recent newspaper reports about the incident are "uncorroborated".
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Today, Thatcher's representative said all the reports on what had happened in the green room, including today's, were "uncorroborated".
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Are we now going to allow uncorroborated third party accusations to prevent foreigners from visiting the US?
Matthew Yglesias » Very Rare Terrorists Are Very Hard to Find 2009
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It does not appear that Zitelman had any basis other than Youlus's uncorroborated fantasies for believing that Youlus had ever been to Eastern or Central Europe, let alone obtained even a single Torah scroll there.
Menachem Rosensaft: Demanding Accountability In The 'Holocaust Torah Scrolls' Scam Menachem Rosensaft 2012
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It does not appear that Zitelman had any basis other than Youlus's uncorroborated fantasies for believing that Youlus had ever been to Eastern or Central Europe, let alone obtained even a single Torah scroll there.
Menachem Rosensaft: Demanding Accountability In The 'Holocaust Torah Scrolls' Scam Menachem Rosensaft 2012
Adelberg commented on the word uncorroborated
In the IRA bombing cases noted for serious miscarriage of justice issues, the pigs beat the defendants into confessing to crimes they didn't commit. Nonetheless, the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice recommended that uncorroborated confessions, that is, confessions without any support, be the sole basis for conviction as long as the judge tells the jury that it's risky.
February 14, 2012