unsupported.

1. Lacking evidence or reasons sufficient to support the relevant claim.

2. Not held up, braced or sustained by a supporting structure.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• unsupported assertion
• unsupported conclusion

On the page

The unsupported assertion was repeated confidently but remained absent from the cited records.

The reviewer rejected the unsupported conclusion without claiming to know the opposite was true.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Ordinarily non-gradable for the stated logical or evidential status; use degree only where the context genuinely permits it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence assessment, qualification, argument critique, assumption analysis. Disciplines: argumentation, logic, research interpretation, formal writing. Commonness: moderately common.