See Also: unsupported(dictionary)

unsupported (iou)



unsupported adjective. LME.
[from UN-1 + supported pa. pple of SUPPORT verb.]
Not given backing or assistance. Also, unsubstantiated; not corroborated. Freq. foll. by by. LME.
J. Masson Her claim, unsupported by any evidence, is that Jung acted correctly. She Women friends who..had inadvertently become unsupported single working mothers.
Not physically supported or held up. M17.
P. Francis This leaves the original roof of the magma chamber unsupported, so it falls in.
Physics. Of (the decay of) a radioactive substance: not maintained at a constant level by the decay of a parent nuclide. M20.
unsupportedly adverb M19.
unsupportedness noun (rare) L19.