insubstantiate

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A resolve half formed, and but partially admitted to himself, -- for things of the other world are not well to meddle with, -- grew slowly in him, to compel, by worship and never-relaxing prayer, the presence of her self, -- her insubstantiate body, outlined upon the ether in pale light, or formed in planes of ghostly mist.

The Dragon Painter Mary McNeil Fenollosa
I think any reasonable person would say that the data and models should be available to substantiate or insubstantiate claims made by these scientists.

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