as in refuted
to prove to be false
Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat
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Recent Examples of disproved
Lowell said records and correspondence easily disproved Pulte’s allegation.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
The earliest climate models made specific forecasts about global warming decades before those forecasts could be proved or disproved.
—Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
None of this has been disproved, of course.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
When asked about this possibility, Thompson said there was never any definitive evidence that either proved or disproved this theory.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disproved
refuted
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Tylenol's manufacturer, Kenvue, refuted the claims and stated that independent science shows acetaminophen does not cause autism.—
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The debunked claim that vaccines are tied to autism stems from a 1998 study by British gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield in The Lancet, which has since been refuted by numerous studies.—
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“Disproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disproved. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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