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Meaning of dry-lab | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To conduct an experiment in a fraudulent way that produces a desirable result, for example by inventing data.

Examples

“What probably happened is that some damn intelligent bureaucrat dry-labbed it.”
“Have you ever had a lab instructor doubt your data, insisting that it is impossible and perhaps implying that he thinks you dry-labbed the whole experiment?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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