irrefutable
- adjective
- /ˌɪrɪˈfjuːtəbl/
- We will show irrefutable DNA and forensic evidence, Ricky Carr's fingerprints on her vehicle, and the murder weapon.
- irrefutable evidence
- irrefutable proof
- irrefutable fact
Let me ask you bringing it back to the the current day, it's irrefutable that you are a born fighter.
- Let me ask you bringing it back to the the current day, it's irrefutable that you are a born fighter.
- And if you present the logic of a court case in the proper way, then it's irrefutable.
- There's, there's DNA at the crime scene and there's DNA in other places and it's just, it seems pretty irrefutable to me.
- So we have, on the one hand, the science, the irrefutable set of facts that show a really negative picture in terms of what this drug is doing to us.
- There's a lot of things that the moment you say it, it's irrefutable, but it simplifies.
- What's real is the time you're losing that is irrefutable.
- It's very tedious, it's repetitive, but it's irrefutable.
- I don't have a irrefutable talent.
- And I, and again, I just to go by what's factual, irrefutable, I read in the article, not in the thing.
Examples
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Would Madison live up to its stated commitment to reform when faced with the irrefutable facts of its structures?
Academic text (2018) -
Monetary history provides irrefutable evidence that this is not the case.
Academic text (1990) -
The Council is said to have irrefutable proof.
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But the evidence is irrefutable.
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I would consider it irrefutable.
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Your Honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury this is irrefutable evidence that the defendant is, in fact, lying.
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The evidence is absolutely irrefutable, and I have spent my whole life evaluating evidence.
Fiction book (2000) -
The evidence is irrefutable.
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If the scratches and smell hadn't been enough, the brightly colored patches on their skin were irrefutable evidence.
Fiction book (1998) -
The scientists presented irrefutable evidence that climate change is real.
Synonyms
Sure to happen or be true
So clear that people cannot doubt it
You cannot doubt it because it is clearly true
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
So strong that no one can attack, defeat, or prove it wrong
Clearly true so no one can doubt it
Impossible to deny or argue with
People cannot doubt it because it is clearly true
Completely certain and accepted by everyone
Impossible to disagree with because the facts are clear
Completely certain and clearly true
Not able to be shown false by tests or evidence
So certain that no one can doubt it
Certain and impossible to doubt
Impossible to prove wrong
Impossible to prove wrong in court
Impossible to argue against because the facts are clear
No one can beat or prove it wrong
Certain and clearly true
Antonyms
How Indisputable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word irrefutable is built from ir- meaning 'not' and refute meaning 'to prove wrong'. So, something irrefutable cannot be shown to be wrong or denied.