asserted

[ uh-sur-tid ]

adjective

1. resting on a statement or claim unsupported by evidence or proof; alleged:

   The asserted value of the property was twice the amount anyone offered.

Other Words From

• as·serted·ly adverb
• unas·serted adjective
• well-as·serted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of asserted¹

First recorded in 1675–85; assert + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Since the 1980s, Project 2025 asserted, Medicaid had “evolved into a cumbersome, complicated, and unaffordable burden on nearly every state.”

From Los Angeles Times

But, he asserted, even with the back-and-forth, the final editing decisions were his alone.

From Los Angeles Times

He asserted that U.S.-Mexico security coordination “has failed in the last year, in great part because the previous president did not want to receive help from the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times

Americans would never change their habits of consumption, he asserted, but new immigrants would only consume more, rising to this country’s standard of living and expanding the net environmental burden on the world.

From Salon

He paid homage to Trump at Mar-a-Lago this spring and on Monday asserted that he would support Trump's policy agenda just as he did during his first term in the White House.

From Salon

Related Words

• alleged
• apparent
• presumed
• purported