untestable
adjective
un·test·able
ˌən-ˈte-stə-bəl 
: not capable of being tested : not confirmable
an untestable hypothesis
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It’s generally considered untestable, since metaphysical assumptions underlie all our efforts to conduct tests and interpret results.
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Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2024
The authors question this position on the grounds that modern economic theory is either untestable or, typically, persists despite frequent empirical refutations of its assumptions or predictions.
—Richard N. Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
And unlike simply attacking an opponent’s record or making a campaign promise, such alternative realities enjoy the benefit of being untestable.
—Angelo Fichera, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Unimpressed, Koch confronted Chalmers at a cocktail reception and denounced his information hypothesis as untestable and hence pointless.
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 26 June 2023
This is how scientists will confirm or refute seemingly untestable ideas in cosmology.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2014
This book is an evolutionary thought experiment—untestable, informative and great fun—asking what dogs would be like if human beings disappeared.
—David P. Barash, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
String theory, still the leading candidate to replace the Standard Model, has often been accused of being untestable.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Sep. 2021
But the multiverse idea remains untested and probably untestable.
—Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
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Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2024
The authors question this position on the grounds that modern economic theory is either untestable or, typically, persists despite frequent empirical refutations of its assumptions or predictions.
—Richard N. Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
And unlike simply attacking an opponent’s record or making a campaign promise, such alternative realities enjoy the benefit of being untestable.
—Angelo Fichera, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Unimpressed, Koch confronted Chalmers at a cocktail reception and denounced his information hypothesis as untestable and hence pointless.
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 26 June 2023
This is how scientists will confirm or refute seemingly untestable ideas in cosmology.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2014
This book is an evolutionary thought experiment—untestable, informative and great fun—asking what dogs would be like if human beings disappeared.
—David P. Barash, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
String theory, still the leading candidate to replace the Standard Model, has often been accused of being untestable.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Sep. 2021
But the multiverse idea remains untested and probably untestable.
—Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
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“Untestable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untestable. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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