purported

Etymology

purport + -ed

adj

1. Supposed, or assumed to be.
   In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance. 2012-01, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 2012-04-04, page 87
2. Normally assumed to be.
3. Said by some people to be real or true or to have happened, although this may not be so

verb

1. simple past and past participle of purport