irrefutable

[ ih-ref-yuh-tuh-buhl, ir-i-fyoo-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not capable of being refuted or disproved:

   irrefutable logic.

   Synonyms: undeniable, incontrovertible, indisputable

irrefutable

/ ˌɪrɪˈfjuːtəbəl; ɪˈrɛfjʊtəbəl /

adjective

1. impossible to deny or disprove; incontrovertible

Derived Forms

• irˌrefutaˈbility, noun
• irˈrefutably, adverb

Other Words From

• ir·refu·ta·bili·ty ir·refu·ta·ble·ness noun
• ir·refu·ta·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of irrefutable¹

1610–20; < Late Latin irrefūtābilis. See ir- ², refutable ( def )

Example Sentences

These are the facts that are irrefutable that are mostly from the state’s own documents.

From Essence.com

In the absence of links to original sources, the significant impact on publishers’ traffic, and the associated revenues, are irrefutable.

From Digiday

It’s based on irrefutable data by high levels — they call them, computer hackers.

From Washington Post

The parade of prosecution witnesses—from bystanders on the scene to a sitting police chief and forensics experts— collectively presented irrefutable proof of the officer’s guilt.

From The Daily Beast

After a classified briefing just weeks after Khashoggi’s death, lawmakers said the evidence was irrefutable.

From Washington Post

Regardless, the place of Gone With the Wind in film history is irrefutable.

From The Daily Beast

Snyder and Raskopf, alas, have a case—not an irrefutable case, but a case—on First Amendment grounds.

From The Daily Beast

It is amazing how tongue-tied they get when you present them with irrefutable information.

From The Daily Beast

The charge of racism without a shred of proof, much less irrefutable evidence, is doing terrible damage to our cultural fabric.

From The Daily Beast

The evidence that Saudi citizens were involved was irrefutable, and the Saudi security services had missed it.

From The Daily Beast

They prove in an irrefutable manner that the two nations mixed and knew each other intimately.

From Project Gutenberg

If he sometimes come across a precept which is perfectly clear and irrefutable, Donald does not scruple to ignore it.

From Project Gutenberg

His warm and palpitating generalisations, for all the flaws in their reasoning, bear the irrefutable mark of moral reality.

From Project Gutenberg

To this logic, which was irrefutable, poor Encisco could make no reply.

From Project Gutenberg

And upon these grounds it may fairly claim to be irrefutable and inevitable.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• indisputable
• ironclad
• unassailable
• undeniable