Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being refuted or disproved; that may be proved false or erroneous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.
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- adjective Able to be
refuted , or shown to befalse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective able to be refuted
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Examples
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Since your definition of “hammering” seems to involve telling obvious, easily refutable lies, I am not sure why you seem to think it would help his approval ratings.
Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010
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Not really my business … second thoughts … I'll refrain from further comment except to say science is only a problem for religions when religions make testable and refutable claims.
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He goes on to argue that the first and second type of theories are refutable, the third type, “philosophical or metaphysical theories” are not.
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Since your definition of “hammering” seems to involve telling obvious, easily refutable lies, I am not sure why you seem to think it would help his approval ratings.
Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010
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JOHN_A_DESIGNER: He goes on to argue that the first and second type of theories are refutable, the third type, “philosophical or metaphysical theories” are not.
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And if you can't come up with a refutable hypothesis, which Friedman doesn't, then it all really just is a parlor game.
Economics and Evolution, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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No argument here except that I guess I believe that there is a refutable presumption in favor fo the higher level of generality.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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I don't understand why the DNC would put up such an easily refutable ad.
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Maybe it will shame him to put some intellectual effort into his posts, instead of the easily refutable clichés we have seen so far.
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He goes on to argue that the first and second type of theories are refutable, the third type, “philosophical or metaphysical theories” are not.
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