How to Use unsubstantiated in a Sentence

unsubstantiated

adjective
  • Like so many of the names on the list, the claims are unsubstantiated.
    — Rashah McChesney, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The threat was deemed to be unsubstantiated, and no weapon was found.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Some went as far as making unsubstantiated claims that the bog project was a coverup for a strip mine.
    — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • But the unsubstantiated fraud claims have cast a shadow over the vote.
    — Oassim Abdul-Zahra, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2021
  • The unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud have cast a shadow over the vote.
    — Qassim Abdul-Zahra, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Full-body scans offer a tempting but unsubstantiated path to good health.
    — Lisa Doggett, NPR, 18 June 2024
  • Democrats are ready to rebut any unsubstantiated claims of fraud and malfeasance.
    — al, 6 Jan. 2021
  • Yet, the agency noted, the company has made many unsubstantiated claims along those lines.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2019
  • According to some unsubstantiated reports, the Note series is on the way out for good.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 2 Aug. 2021
  • These have been debunked, but Kirillov's death sparked the re-emergence of the same unsubstantiated talking points.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • These claims are usually unsubstantiated, cause consumers to have a warped idea of an ideal pet diet, and cause health issues for their four-legged friends.
    — Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Trump and Barr have been making unsubstantiated claims that there’s likely to be mass election fraud due to the widespread use of mail-in ballots.
    — Chris Strohm, Bloomberg.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Since people have spotted the military flights, some took to online groups and shared unsubstantiated claims about the purpose of the training.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The Geiers are widely viewed with contempt as promoters of unsubstantiated claims that vaccines cause autism.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Kremlin has often made that unsubstantiated claim to justify the war.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The unsubstantiated rumors caused Swift fans to swarm the local eatery, crowding the inside and outside of the restaurant to catch a glimpse.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Musk himself has been known to repost unsubstantiated claims, boosting them to his hundreds of millions of followers.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The investigation began about a month after he was honored as one of the state's best teachers, and the claims made against him were unsubstantiated.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Trump has made numerous unsubstantiated claims throughout the year that mail-in voting would lead to widespread voting fraud that helps Democrats.
    — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The mall was previously evacuated in years past for a nearby fire and an unsubstantiated threat.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Trump, who had largely stayed out of the contest, made unsubstantiated claims that the election was rigged in the closing days that were echoed by Elder’s campaign.
    — chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The curse is unsubstantiated, but its legend can still be leveraged to dissuade seekers, and for treasure hunters, that could mean the pit holds a secret worth protecting.
    — Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021
  • There, the two leveled unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and calls for Kemp, a Republican, to be jailed.
    — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Trump condemned Roberts and the five other justices who ruled against him on tariffs and made an unsubstantiated claim that the court was swayed by foreign interests.
    — Andrew Chung, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • So why this rash, unsubstantiated, and wasteful action on the part of DHHS?
    — Patricia Paluzzi, Cosmopolitan, 19 July 2017
  • Easy Ways to Shop Smarter Keep an eye out for specific fiber names instead of unsubstantiated eco claims.
    — Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2021
  • ByteDance has denied these claims, which remain unsubstantiated.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Some have suggested that the percentage is merely an unsubstantiated hunch.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Overwhelmingly, those cases stem from reports later found to be false or unsubstantiated.
    — James R Mason, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • In spite of the rhetoric and unsubstantiated claims, highways don’t equal economic development.
    — Pete Harrison, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026

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