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{{g}}{{d|Unsubstantiated|/ʌnsəbˈstanʃɪeɪtɪd/|adj|}}
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A bullshit artist’s tell. Something embarrassing that happened, but for which there is currently no proof or credible supporting or evidence.  
A bullshit artist’s tell. Something inconvenient or embarrassing that happened, but for which there is currently no proof or credible supporting or evidence.  


To be contrasted with “false”, being something that did ''not'' happen.<ref>We owe this observation to, among others, David Allen Green. </ref>
To be contrasted something that did ''not'' happen, which may comfortably described as “false”.<ref>We owe this observation to, among others, David Allen Green. </ref> Substantiation is thus a second-order property of a fact: something that, in the eyes of the outside world, falls, in [[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]], between a “[[known known]]” and an “[[unknown known]]” — call it a “[[suspected known][” —but to the person making the statement, is squarely in the latter category.


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*[[Truth]]
*[[Truth]]
*[[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]]