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UNSUPPORTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsupported mean?
• UNSUPPORTED (adjective)
The adjective UNSUPPORTED has 2 senses:
1. not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid
2. not held up or borne
Familiarity information: UNSUPPORTED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid
Context example:
unsupported accusations
Similar:
baseless; groundless; idle; unfounded; unwarranted; wild (without a basis in reason or fact)
single-handed; unassisted; unbacked (unsupported by other people)
uncorroborated; unsubstantiated (unsupported by other evidence)
Antonym:
supported (sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not held up or borne
Context example:
removal of the central post left the roof unsupported
Similar:
strapless (having no straps)
unbraced (without braces or props)
Antonym:
supported (held up or having the weight borne especially from below)
Context examples
Yet I fear such will be my fate; the men, unsupported by ideas of glory and honour, can never willingly continue to endure their present hardships.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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