unchallenged
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
Explanation
If something is unchallenged, that means no one is questioning or opposing it. If none of your classmates raises an objection when your school introduces a new dress code, you can describe the rules as unchallenged. If you notice unchallenged prejudice in the way teams are chosen in gym class, you might want to speak up — or you might decided to lay low and leave the situation unchallenged. In politics, if one person runs for an office with no opponent, they are also unchallenged: "I'm the unchallenged candidate for class treasurer, so my name is the only name on the ballot."
Example Sentences
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There was little evidence the trust's breast unit was contributing to MDTs, and decisions about patients' cases were being made based on the unchallenged opinion of individual surgeons, according to the RCS report.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Her role on “The Five” has made her an advocate of going into not-so-friendly territory to debate issues rather than staying in comfort zones where views are unchallenged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
We were not, it turned out, a newly independent people, but 13 or more of them, any one of which could defy all the others or leave unchallenged whenever it chose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The region's largely unchallenged leaders brand themselves as the founders of a new era and are cementing their own legacies with fresh symbols of power.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
The night was black—that thick darkness that belongs only in backcountry, where the houses are few and the streetlights fewer, where starlight goes unchallenged.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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