unchallengeable
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7.2
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtʃælɪndʒəbl/
:
incuestionable
- As C. Vann Woodward, the third Hook Award recipient, put it, "the university is a place where the unthinkable can be thought, the unmentionable can be discussed, and the unchallengeable can be challenged."
- unchallengeable inspection
You don't discuss or debate something that is unchallengeable, something that is unspeakable.
- You don't discuss or debate something that is unchallengeable, something that is unspeakable.
- What I really mean is that it's a theory which has been supported into an unchallengeable orthodoxy by a number of factors.
- It's, it's, it's this idea that my position is unchallengeable not to be, to be completely, to be as charitable as I can be to this.
Examples
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Bankers simply will not lend the billion dollars plus required for a deep-sea mining operation without an unchallengeable legal title to the resource.
Academic text (2005) -
Republicans have to win by substantial, unchallengeable numbers.
Blog text (1) -
What I really mean is that it's a theory which has been supported into an unchallengeable orthodoxy by a number of factors.
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You don't discuss or debate something that is unchallengeable, something that is unspeakable.
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The United States grew to heights unknown by strict compliance with the Constitution's clear, unchallengeable limitations on the authority and power of the federal government.
Blog text (26) -
Although the economy is usually treated as a domestic issue, reviving it is as important to the nation's long-term security as keeping U.S. military strength unchallengeable.
Academic text (2008) -
The legacies of prominent personalities in the international adoption movement have solidified into unchallengeable testimony.
Academic text (2009) -
But many geographers, reluctant to accept that regional characterizations are, in themselves, mutable feats of imagination, continue to work as if reciting scripture from an unchallengeable canon of regional divisions.
Academic text (1996) -
There is truly an element of paradox in attempting to stimulate reaming by presenting ideas and concepts as unchallengeable, by establishing the teacher as an ultimate authority, and by rewarding conformity while punishing creativity and variation.
Academic text (1992) -
The scientist's findings were considered unchallengeable by her peers due to the overwhelming evidence.
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
11
8.0
So strong that no one can attack, defeat, or prove it wrong
8
4.8
Very strong belief or feeling that cannot be changed
7
8.2
Very honest and reliable so people cannot doubt it
7
4.1
Clearly true so no one can doubt it
2
6.7
Impossible to deny or argue with
2
7.5
People cannot doubt it because it is clearly true
1
8.7
Completely certain and clearly true
1
5.9
Impossible to disagree with because the facts are clear
1
4.7
Certain and impossible to doubt
Impossible to argue against because the facts are clear
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
Certain and clearly true
Impossible to prove wrong
Impossible to prove wrong in court
Not open to discussion or argument
Others cannot attack or harm it
No one can beat or prove it wrong
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
unchallengeable = challengeable (transparent) = un + challenge + able
The negative prefix 'un-' is productively attached to 'challengeable', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not able to be challenged'.
Etymology
Unchallengeable breaks into un- 'not', challenge 'to question or fight', and -able 'can be'. So, something unchallengeable is 'not' 'able to be' challenged, which is why it means impossible to question or dispute.