unverifiable

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But credible reports from Iranian journalists, which are unverifiable due to the country’s internet blackout, indicate that the death toll could be much higher, exceeding 16,500.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin expressly stated the coalition letter relied on “anonymous, unsubstantiated and unverifiable claims.”

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

By the mid-20th-century, however, leading behavioral theorists denigrated the idea of studying animal emotions since, even if they existed, they were scientifically unmeasurable and unverifiable.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

So: Grim stuff, almost all of it unverifiable by any of those who’d tasked themselves with adjudicating the beef.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2024

It is hardly necessary to remind the modern reader that the Sardanapalus of history is an unverified if not an unverifiable personage.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley