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uncontestable

uncontestable

6.6
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.kənˈtɛs.tə.bəl/
translation icon : incontestable
  • It behoves our government to act on these uncontestable truths and suppress all adherents of this detestable and murderous political program.

Examples

  • Some of the evidence is uncontestable.

  • We are interested, along with many other ethnographers, in looking at the ways in which gender and class, like race, are culturally constructed as uncontestable, especially given the power dimensions associated with those identities.

    Academic text (1992)
  • We begin with this little-noticed but important and uncontestable fact.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Our evidence is simple and uncontestable: my son, the transfer recipient, arrived in Madrid on the 8th.

    Blog text (22)
  • You simply pound your chest like an adolescent male with too much testosterone and profess that your solution to the problem is uncontestable.

    Blog text (1)
  • The main problem rests in the government's insistence on pursuing endless economic growth, which has become an uncontested as well as an uncontestable goal.

    Academic text (1994)
  • How can we do that and not reify a slice of "culture," define an uncontestable stratified order, or affix a single identity and set of beliefs and practices to individuals?

    Academic text (1992)
  • If, as the First Circuit held, the Supreme Court meant to endorse unmodified census figures as the metric for equalizing representation, then Evenwel would in fact leave prison gerrymandering uncontestable as a constitutional matter until and unless the Census Bureau changes the way it counts prisoners.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The scientist presented uncontestable evidence that supports her theory.

  • His victory in the debate was based on uncontestable facts that left no room for doubt.

Synonyms

undeniable
vsuncontestable
56 4.2

So clear that people cannot doubt it

expresses the same impossibility more generally without 'obvious' emphasis
indisputable
vsuncontestable
22 5.7

You cannot doubt it because it is clearly true

says the same thing but stresses impossibility of dispute and denial
irrefutable
vsuncontestable
22 7.8

Impossible to deny or prove wrong

expresses the same impossibility to dispute in general terms
incontrovertible
vsuncontestable
  • Formal
11 8.2

Clearly true and impossible to doubt

is the same idea but phrased as inability to dispute or deny
unassailable
vsuncontestable
11 8.0

So strong that no one can attack, defeat, or prove it wrong

focuses specifically on being impossible to dispute or deny rather than physical attack
uncontested
vsuncontestable
10 5.1

Not opposed or challenged by others

means impossible to dispute rather than simply lacking opponents
unshakable
vsuncontestable
  • US
8 4.8

Very strong belief or feeling that cannot be changed

states inability to dispute or deny rather than emotional or moral strength
unquestionable
vsuncontestable
7 4.1

Clearly true so no one can doubt it

frames that certainty specifically as impossible to dispute or deny
inarguable
vsuncontestable
2 6.7

Impossible to deny or argue with

expresses that by saying it cannot be disputed or denied
incontestable
vsuncontestable
  • Formal
2 7.5

People cannot doubt it because it is clearly true

focuses similarly on being impossible to dispute or deny
indubitable
vsuncontestable
  • Formal
1 8.7

Completely certain and clearly true

frames that certainty as inability to dispute or challenge
unarguable
vsuncontestable
1 5.9

Impossible to disagree with because the facts are clear

focuses on the same impossibility of dispute or challenge
unchallengeable
vsuncontestable
1 7.2

So certain that no one can doubt it

uses similar words but centers on denial and disputing being impossible
undisputable
vsuncontestable
1 4.7

Certain and impossible to doubt

says the same but highlights denial and challenge as impossible
uncontradicted
vsuncontestable
1 6.0

No one says a statement is wrong

is stronger, saying challenge is impossible rather than simply absent
incontestible
vsuncontestable
  • UK
8.4

Impossible to argue against because the facts are clear

is worded as inability to dispute or deny
undoubtable
vsuncontestable
6.8

Certain and clearly true

frames that certainty as inability to dispute or deny
irrefragable
vsuncontestable
  • Archaic
9.9

Impossible to prove wrong

uses broader language about being impossible to dispute or deny
irrebuttable
vsuncontestable
  • Jargon
9.9

Impossible to prove wrong in court

is similar but speaks broadly about inability to dispute or deny
inexpugnable
vsuncontestable
9.9

No one can beat or prove it wrong

concentrates on argumentative impossibility rather than physical invincibility
unattackable
vsuncontestable
8.6

Others cannot attack or harm it

speaks instead about being impossible to dispute or deny
uncontradictory
vsuncontestable
7.7

Does not conflict with other statements and fits the facts

focuses instead on being impossible to dispute or deny
nondebatable
vsuncontestable
6.5

Not open to discussion or argument

is about factual impossibility of dispute rather than procedural debate closure

Antonyms

2 6.6

Open to argument or doubt

1 6.8

Can be argued against or shown to be wrong

How Disputable

debatable
34 5.0
convincing
195 3.4
uncontestable
6.6

Surface Forms

uncontestable positive

Morphology

uncontestable = contestable (transparent) = un + contest + able

The adjective 'contestable' clearly means 'able to be contested', and adding 'un-' straightforwardly negates that meaning.

Etymology

The word uncontestable breaks into un- 'not', contest 'an argument or competition', and -able 'can be', so it means 'not able to be argued'. A helpful image is a fact so strong that no one can win a contest against it.