unquestioned
Americanadjective
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not open to doubt or question; undisputed.
Dante's poetic mastery remains unquestioned.
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not inquired into, investigated, or interrogated.
The eyewitness went unquestioned.
adjective
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accepted without question
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not admitting of doubt or question
unquestioned power
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not questioned or interrogated
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rare not examined or investigated
Etymology
Origin of unquestioned
Example Sentences
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Unquestioned leaders and servile followers tell us why the German army marched into Russia without overcoats — the leader had decreed that the campaign would be victorious by autumn, and that was that.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024
Unquestioned, unlimited authority may befit a ruler who reigns by divine right.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2023
Unquestioned, and even fawned over, by many in the American government and press, M.B.S.’s self-regard swelled to such proportions that he would no longer subject himself to adult examination.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2018
The first movement, "The Unquestioned Answer," plays with the themes of Charles Ives' "The Unanswered Question," with fascinating textures from the percussion section and an air of mystery from the harmonic bed of strings.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2011
Unquestioned evidence of human presence appears soon thereafter in Amazonia and in Patagonia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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