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How to succinctly describe a group composed of those for whom a given condition is false and those for whom the state of the condition is not known?

English Language & Usage Asked by Tots notabot on November 29, 2020

For example, if I’m talking about height, and I want to split the world into two groups based on whether or not I have seen that they are taller than me.

The first group is composed of only the people who are taller than me whom I have also seen.

The second group is composed of everyone I haven’t seen — regardless of their height — as well as people whom I have seen who are also shorter than me.

Is there an easy way to express the second group composed of both negatives and unknowns?

One Answer

The definition of the second group is the negation of the definition of the first group: those whom I do not know to be taller.

Impersonal form: those not known to be taller.

Either way, the construction is well established.

Correct answer by Anton Sherwood on November 29, 2020

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