dismiss unsubstantiated claims

verb phrase

  1. to reject or disregard claims because they are not supported by reliable evidence

    B2

    transitive verb phrase; often used with a plural objectformal

    • "The judge dismissed the claim because there was no evidence."B1
    • "The committee dismissed the unsubstantiated claims after reviewing the records."B2
    • "Regulators should dismiss unsubstantiated claims rather than give them undue publicity."C1

Collocations

dismiss a claimunsubstantiated claimunsubstantiated allegationsdismiss an allegationreject a claim

Word family

dismissdismissaldismissiveunsubstantiatedsubstantiateclaim