How to Use unproven in a Sentence

unproven

adjective
  • Why are teams signing unproven prospects to these megadeals?
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Acetaminophen’s link to autism is unproven.
    — Elizabeth Preston, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • These tax credits are not being thrown at an unproven event.
    — Noah Smith, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The holidays are not the time to test-drive an unproven recipe.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Some might say that many of these technologies are too nascent and unproven.
    — Bernard Zipprich, STAT, 30 June 2024
  • That can be used for adults, too, but the effects are largely unproven.
    — NBC News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The trade was rare in that two teams swapped talented, yet still unproven young prospects.
    — Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
  • All of this is also based on a movie that is entirely unproven yet.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Colorado’s group is young and unproven, but hungry.
    — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Why chase after something unproven to matter in the grand course of his art?
    — Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Why are teams willing to give that much money to unproven players?
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Only a handful of teams will rely on unproven starters this fall.
    — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The vaccines are unproven and may be worse than the disease themselves.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 July 2021
  • How does a head coach know when an unproven assistant is ready for that challenge?
    — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Even if Gilbert were healthy, his bat is unproven at the major league level.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That’s a much better group than in previous years but still unproven.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Right now, though, cornerback remains the most unproven unit on the team.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • To improve there, the Celtics will need more from their unproven frontcourt.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But Wright and Gordon are unproven.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Roster turnover and a young, unproven secondary made this a rebuild-on-the-fly project.
    — Star Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Much like the receiver position, there is a lot of unproven depth at tight end.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
  • The Browns defense is unproven with so many new people stepping in.
    — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 22 July 2021
  • Let’s see which of the Round 1 prospects have been great, who’s ready to start and who remains unproven.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • These accusations are so far unproven and not grounded in any fact.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Even though Chapman was an unproven new artist, the label took a hands-off approach.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2025
  • That waiver applies even when a treatment is unproven or off-label.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Heumann said pregnant women have enough to worry about without adding unproven risks.
    — Lauren Dunn, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And both refute the popular claim that Sims thought the drugs were too unproven and might prove lethal.
    — Rosalind Bentley, ajc, 20 Feb. 2022
  • The offensive line is young and unproven on the left side, and there are spots in a game in which that really pops.
    — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That’s just a drawback of pursuing unproven ideas, Green said.
    — Chris Maggio, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025

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