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unproof en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From un- (“absence or lack of”) + proof.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Absence or lack of proof or evidence; prooflessness.
   • Perhaps anamnesis, remembering forgetting, is another figure of untruth in truth, the unproof, the arbitrariness and unconvincingness, of every proof. 1998, Stephen David Ross, The Gift of Touch:
   • CONSIDER what it is the inchworm measures with his ridiculous lurch-and-drag walk; he measures his way down the aeons of unproof; he measures nothing that is not a thought of God; he measures his life that it may be shared with all; [...] 2000, Mac Wellman, Infrared:
   • Modern science came to our help in either way of proof or unproof. 1997, Kim Younglae, Broken Knowledge:
2. (countable, uncountable) That which is not proven.
   • It is a theory with many unproofs. It has not been demonstrated either theoretically or empirically that time and chance can explain either the universe with its high complexity or man as man. 2005, Martha McCallum, The Scarlet Thread:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
unproofs	Number=Plur		lexicographic

unproof en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From un- + proof (“resiliency, firmness”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To undo the proofing of; expose to the possibility of failure.
   • [...] but squirrels are smart; they find a way to unproof feeders. 2006, James Raimes, Gardening at Ginger:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
unproofed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
unproofed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
unproofing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
unproofs	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic