unrebutted
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.rɪˈbʌt.ɪd/
- His statement remained unrebutted during the debate, leaving the audience convinced of his viewpoint.
- go unrebutted
Examples
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After all, if you've only knocked down weaker versions of their argument, the strongest version is left unrebutted.
Blog text (23) -
Based on this fear, some defendants allow the plaintiff's anchor to go unrebutted.
Academic text (2016) -
Thus, the Briseno factors enable the CCA to affirm findings of no intellectual disability despite unrebutted expert testimony to the contrary.
Academic text (2016) -
In contrast, the new provision will deny visas to broad classes of aliens who will now be ineligible for adjustment of status, release pending deportation, asylum, and withholding of removal, with no more than an unrebutted presumption on the part of the government that they were associated with someone engaging in terrorist activity.
Academic text (2002) -
The lawyer presented unrebutted evidence that proved the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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The researcher published a paper supported by unrebutted data, leading to widespread acceptance of her findings.
Synonyms
Not questioned or doubted by others
Accepted as true and not doubted
Not opposed or challenged by others
No one disputes or denies it
Not shown to be false
No one says a statement is wrong
Not shown to be wrong by tests or evidence
How Disputed
Surface Forms
Morphology
unrebutted = rebutted (transparent) = un + rebut + ed
The adjective is formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to the past-participle base 'rebutted', producing the literal meaning 'not rebutted'.
Etymology
Unrebutted is made from un- 'not' and rebut 'to argue against', as you can see in the common word rebuttal. So if a statement is unrebutted it was 'not argued against' and others may accept it as true.