When do you intend to quote a dictionary where that definition is given for the word "unsupported"? Thus far, you are merely telling the rest of us what you claim the word means. Meanwhile, from another dictionary, below is the definition of "unsupported". Focus on the words bolded in blue.
unsupported
adjective based on conjecture,
groundless, not authenticated,
not established,
not substantiated, suppositional, supposititious, unabetted, unaided, unassisted, unattested, unauthenticated, uncertified, uncollaborated,
unconfirmed, uncorroborated,
undemonstrated, unfounded,
unproved, unseconded, unsubstantiated, unsustained, untenable, unvalidated, unverified,
without basis,
without foundation
Associated concepts: unsupported by a preponderance of the evidence
See also:
baseless, helpless, ill-founded, inconclusive, powerless, solitary, unauthorized, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, unfounded
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/unsupported
Now, suppose you show the rest of us where that definition says anything resembling “at that time” but "at a future time, it will be supported". If you can find a dictionary that backs up your claim that unsupported applies only to things not proven "at the time it is made, " be sure and provide the name of the dictionary, as well as the weblink to the dictionary so the rest of us can confirm it.
The forum is waiting.
Oh, for Pete's sake!
What the &%$* is wrong with people on this forum that you have to explain to them the rudiments of the English language in order for them to understand what they themselves are saying to other people?
You claim that an "unsupported claim" can "never turn out to be correct". Are you honestly standing by this?
Seriously??
So if I claim that I will win something on the lottery tomorrow, not that I
can win but that I
will win, which is a wholly unsupported claim on my part... are you honestly saying that it is impossible for me to win on the lottery tomorrow?
Think it through before you answer.
As for the cherry-picked meanings that
you bolded, which of them mean that it is impossible to actually happen as claimed:
not established,
not substantiated, unconfirmed,
undemonstrated,
unproved,
without basis,
without foundation.
So it is
not established when I make a claim to someone that a 100-1 shot in a horse race actually wins, and I claim that it has. Neither of us have seen the race, nor know of the result... you are telling me that it can "never turn out to be correct"?
So it is
not substantiated that a 100-1 shot in a horse race actually wins, and I claim that it has. Neither of us have seen the race, nor know of the result... you are telling me that it can "never turn out to be correct"?
So it is
unconfirmed that a 100-1 shot in a horse race actually wins, and I claim that it has. Neither of us have seen the race, nor know of the result... you are telling me that it can "never turn out to be correct"?
Bear in mind that all of science was at some point undemonstrated, unproven, unconfirmed, not substanstiated, not established.
So according to you it can never happen!!
Want me to go on?
A claim, when made, can be unsupported. That does not mean that what is being claimed can not, at some future time, be supported.
Unsupported is an adjective that describes the noun at that current time. It is not an absolute position. To mean "always unsupported" we would have to qualify "unsupported" further with "always" or some such wording.
If you can not understand this simple English then please prefix your subsequent posts with a "Please excuse me - I do not understand simple English" so that we can treat your words accordingly.
I sincerely hope we are done here and that you can acknowledge your error and stupidity in this regard.