Inadvertent transport in ship ballast is another possibility, but experts discount it.

But technical experts have discounted the notion of any such discrepancy between normal and double-duration CD's.

Nuclear experts discounted the claims.

While there was a conflicting intelligence report about Bin Ladin's whereabouts, the experts discounted it.

However, most experts largely discounted the likelihood of higher bids.

A leading private expert and former Government adviser on terrorism, Brian Jenkins, discounted the possibility of a hostage release.

The experts discounted that explanation out of hand.

But other experts discount the cytomegalovirus hypothesis.

Medical experts do not discount the anguish the drug has caused.

But virtually every expert who looked into the matter discounted any link with terrorism.