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  • adjective Not having been rebutted.

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un- +‎ rebutted

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Examples

  • Left unrebutted, naturally, is the basic point that I have made twice, now: the argument that private sellers bear some continuing (moral if not legal) responsibility for the criminal misuse of guns that are no longer under their control, and that stronger regulation of private secondary gun sales is justified to prevent “careless commerce” by private sellers, is fundamentally illogical on multiple levels.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Juveniles on Probation, and Their Parents’ Guns (and Other Weapons) 2010

  • I was disappointed in the lax editorial standards that allowed former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer to use your pages (George in Real Life) to lie to the public, unrebutted, yet again.

    Discourse.net: Draft Letter to Vanity Fair (Ari Rides Again Dept.) 2009

  • Those voters are susceptible to unrebutted claims that they might lose health-care coverage in retirement.

    The GOP's New York Spanking 2011

  • Even now, we allow such people an unrebutted voice to continue their attacks on American ideals.

    Cheney takes swipe at Obama over prosecutor 2009

  • So, even though Mr. Hummel doesn't get a mistrial for Mr. Arneson, he will get the opportunity during his closing statements to point out to the jury that Mr. Arneson's testimony that he never filed for bankruptcy remains unrebutted -- as in there was no cross on the issue because everyone is supposed to forget the cross-examination on the issue because it turned out to be incorrect.

    Pellicano Trial: Mistrial Denied 2010

  • So, even though Mr. Hummel doesn't get a mistrial for Mr. Arneson, he will get the opportunity during his closing statements to point out to the jury that Mr. Arneson's testimony that he never filed for bankruptcy remains unrebutted -- as in there was no cross on the issue because everyone is supposed to forget the cross-examination on the issue because it turned out to be incorrect.

    Allison Hope Weiner: Pellicano Trial: Mistrial Denied 2010

  • The Court will not rely on the statements of Hajj or Kazimi because there is unrebutted evidence in the record that, at the time of the interrogations at which they made the statements, both men had recently been tortured.

    Andy Worthington: Judge Rules Yemeni's Detention at Guantanamo Based Solely on Torture 2010

  • (Well, he can't say that last part about the incorrect cross, but he'll definitely go with the part about the testimony remaining unrebutted.)

    Allison Hope Weiner: Pellicano Trial: Mistrial Denied 2010

  • The Court will not rely on the statements of Hajj or Kazimi because there is unrebutted evidence in the record that, at the time of the interrogations at which they made the statements, both men had recently been tortured.

    Judge Rules Yemeni's Detention at Guantanamo Based Solely on Torture 2010

  • (Well, he can't say that last part about the incorrect cross, but he'll definitely go with the part about the testimony remaining unrebutted.)

    Pellicano Trial: Mistrial Denied 2010

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