incontestable
2
7.5
- adjective
- /ˌɪnkənˈtɛstəbl/
- Formal
- Owen (1987) argues that the link between mobility and economic health is incontestable.
- an incontestable fact
Examples
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And what's more, it's an incontestable fact.
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The case for trade liberalization has been based on incontestable credentials in economic theory.
Academic text (1994) -
And, in so doing, establish a new, incontestable form of global dominance.
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On the one hand, Rau's points seem incontestable.
Academic text (2016) -
Perhaps the incontestable scientific truth affirmed by Tolstoy is too hard for us or Sagan really to bear.
Academic text (1999) -
Whether or not one thinks that such analogies are appropriate, it is incontestable that Bush and his advisers saw themselves as being locked in a similar struggle.
Academic text (2011) -
It is incontestable that climate change is having a profound impact on our planet.
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The evidence presented was so strong that it made her argument incontestable.
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His excellence in the sport is incontestable, having won numerous championships.
Synonyms
74
2.8
Completely certain with no possible reason to think it is wrong
55
3.0
Completely sure with no chance of being wrong
51
4.2
So clear that people cannot doubt it
21
7.8
Impossible to deny or prove wrong
21
5.7
You cannot doubt it because it is clearly true
12
3.6
Accepted as true and not doubted
10
8.2
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
8
4.1
Clearly true so no one can doubt it
2
6.7
Impossible to deny or argue with
2
3.5
Completely certain and accepted by everyone
1
5.9
Impossible to disagree with because the facts are clear
1
8.7
Completely certain and clearly true
1
7.2
So certain that no one can doubt it
1
4.7
Certain and impossible to doubt
1
6.8
Certain and clearly true
1
8.4
Impossible to argue against because the facts are clear
1
6.6
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
1
9.9
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
1
9.9
Impossible to prove wrong
1
9.9
Impossible to prove wrong in court
1
6.5
Not open to discussion or argument
1
9.9
No one can beat or prove it wrong
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
incontestable = contestable (transparent) = in + contest + able
This is a regular negative-prefix formation from 'contestable', so the meaning 'not open to dispute' is directly recoverable.
Etymology
Incontestable breaks into in- meaning 'not' and contest meaning 'argue' or 'challenge', the same contest you know as a competition, so you can remember it easily. So incontestable describes something you cannot argue against and is clearly true.