unchallenged
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtʃælɪndʒd/
- Our supremacy was unchallenged.
- go unchallenged
- remain unchallenged
- largely unchallenged
It's kind of omnipresent and it's unchallenged.
- It's kind of omnipresent and it's unchallenged.
- And were it not for the self destruction of the Kachen Tamale, they would rule unchallenged to this day.
- This is why they want to censor, because people are actually very easy to sway at the level of culture if their voice goes unchallenged.
- You know, it's I've got to like you say, the Everest, the Peaky Everest, relatively unchallenged.
Examples
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Its hold on the legislature is unchallenged, and it fared better than the Conservatives in the local voting.
Academic text (2000) -
Liberal democracy stands unchallenged in the world as the only legitimate regime.
Academic text (2000) -
"But her power did not go unchallenged."
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Your authority seems to go unchallenged.
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Your Majesty, we cannot let this go unchallenged.
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They had kept him in power, unchallenged, for 15 years.
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Imogene was their unchallenged leader.
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American leadership in information technology is unchallenged, but in pharmaceuticals and new materials, Europe is not lagging far behind.
Academic text (1998) -
His next remarks contained numerous factual errors that went unchallenged despite numerous attorneys being present.
Academic text (2000) -
Her influence in the organization remained unchallenged, as no one dared to oppose her decisions.
Synonyms
So clear that people cannot doubt it
Accepted by everyone and not doubted
Impossible to deny or prove wrong
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
Accepted as true and not doubted
Not opposed or challenged by others
Clearly true so no one can doubt it
People cannot doubt it because it is clearly true
Completely certain and accepted by everyone
No one disputes or denies it
So certain that no one can doubt it
Not shown to be false
Not shown to be false by anyone
No one says a statement is wrong
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
Not shown to be wrong by tests or evidence
Not criticized or doubted by other people
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
unchallenged = challenged (transparent) = un + challenge + ed
The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the adjective 'challenged', indicating something that has not been disputed.
Etymology
Unchallenged is made from un- meaning 'not' and challenge, which once meant a 'call to a contest' and now means 'to question or oppose'. So, if something is unchallenged, it has not been 'called out' or opposed, which is why people accept it as true or correct.