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unrebutted

unrebutted

1 6.9
Not shown to be false by anyone
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.rɪˈbʌt.ɪd/
translation icon : no refutado
  • His statement remained unrebutted during the debate, leaving the audience convinced of his viewpoint.
  • go unrebutted

Examples

  • 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.

  • The researcher published a paper supported by unrebutted data, leading to widespread acceptance of her findings.

Synonyms

unchallenged
vsunrebutted
20 5.4

Not questioned or doubted by others

focuses more on formal absence of denial or disproof rather than popularity
unquestioned
vsunrebutted
10 3.6

Accepted as true and not doubted

stresses factual absence of denial or disproof rather than general acceptance
uncontested
vsunrebutted
10 5.1

Not opposed or challenged by others

concerns absence of denial or disproof rather than lack of opponents
uncontroverted
vsunrebutted
  • Formal
1 7.4

No one disputes or denies it

is narrower by stressing neither denial nor disproof has occurred
unrefuted
vsunrebutted
1 6.3

Not shown to be false

emphasises also the absence of challenge or denial rather than only disproof
uncontradicted
vsunrebutted
1 6.0

No one says a statement is wrong

adds that it also remains not disproved by argument or evidence
unfalsified
vsunrebutted
8.0

Not shown to be wrong by tests or evidence

covers both lack of disproof and lack of active challenge or denial

How Disputed

controversial
423 5.0
contested
5.3
disputed
4.1
unrebutted
1 6.9
undisputed
30 4.2

Surface Forms

unrebutted positive

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.