| It does not state hypotheses in a way that might permit the reader to judge whether they are supported or disconfirmed by the facts. |
| Thus the expectation that as a veteran teacher I would have ample time for research was disconfirmed. |
| Previous research neither confirmed nor disconfirmed the existence of a link between teamwork and patients' outcomes. |
| The theory had to do with the ways in which people respond when a belief that they zealously endorse is disconfirmed. |
| His sense of self-preservation requires his conception to be veridical, and is threatened when it is disconfirmed. |
