MEANING
1. Not challenged, disputed, or opposed by others in the relevant setting.
2. Having only one candidate or contender, so that no rival competes for the position.
Use it for
noting that a premise has not been challenged; distinguishing consensus from verified truth; describing a result accepted without disputeSeparates lack of opposition from proof that a claim is true, and from competition with only one contender. Academic functions: Qualification / Uncertainty, Evidence.
Words that belong together
- uncontested claim
- uncontested assumption
- uncontested conclusion
On the page
The premise remained uncontested during the debate, although neither side supplied evidence for it.
The court’s uncontested findings establish the procedural starting point, not the complete historical context.
An uncontested election offers no direct evidence of voters’ preference among competing candidates.
The study excludes uncontested seats when comparing the margins of victory in competitive races.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- uncontested
Usage notes
Adjective: uncontested claim or result; uncontested election. Normally categorical rather than graded. This entry is a verified lexical adjective, not a separately counted verb tense. Register: formal. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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