incontestable
2
7.5
- adjective
- /ˌɪnkənˈtɛstəbl/
- Formal
:
incontestable
- 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
56
4.2
So clear that people cannot doubt it
22
5.7
You cannot doubt it because it is clearly true
22
7.8
Impossible to deny or prove wrong
11
8.2
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
10
3.6
Accepted as true and not doubted
7
3.0
Completely sure with no chance of being wrong
7
4.1
Clearly true so no one can doubt it
4
2.8
Completely certain with no possible reason to think it is wrong
2
6.7
Impossible to deny or argue with
2
3.5
Completely certain and accepted by everyone
1
8.7
Completely certain and clearly true
1
5.9
Impossible to disagree with because the facts are clear
1
7.2
So certain that no one can doubt it
1
4.7
Certain and impossible to doubt
Impossible to argue against because the facts are clear
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
Impossible to prove wrong
Certain and clearly true
Not open to discussion or argument
Impossible to prove wrong in court
No one can beat or prove it wrong
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
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.