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disproof

[dis-proof] / dɪsˈpruf /


NOUN
refutation
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Recent examples include OpenAI’s disproof of the unit distance conjecture, and the proof of Erdős’ problem 1196 by Liam Price, a 23-year-old amateur mathematician.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

In other words, the proof was a disproof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Cruz trotted out his rudimentary Spanish language skills as disproof.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2016

All three of these books argue that if the proof or disproof of race is scientific, it must be true.

From Nature ● Sep. 16, 2014

As if goaded into disproof, one of the specks peeled away and began its near-vertical dive, directly above their heads.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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