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Supposed

of Suppose

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Improbable 84% connected

Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event.

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Improbable 84% connected

Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event.

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Obligated 84% connected

of Obligate

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Obligated 84% connected

of Obligate

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Questionable 84% connected

Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.

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Questionable 84% connected

Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.

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Theoretic 84% connected

Alt. of Theoretical

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Theoretic 84% connected

Alt. of Theoretical

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Theoretical 84% connected

Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theo…

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Theoretical 84% connected

Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theo…

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Unlikely 84% connected

Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.

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Unlikely 84% connected

Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.

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Alleged 92% connected

of Allege

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Conjectural 92% connected

Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.

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Divinatory 92% connected

Professing, or relating to, divination.

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Hypothetic 92% connected

Alt. of Hypothetical

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Hypothetical 92% connected

Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of acco…

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So-called 92% connected

So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).

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Suppositional 92% connected

Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed.

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Supposititious 92% connected

Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supp…

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