unargued
Americanadjective
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undisputed; not subject to argument or discussion.
an unargued right.
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undebated; unopposed by argument; admitted.
an unargued objection.
Etymology
Origin of unargued
1610–20; un- 1 + argue ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“Any notion that the memorandum concerned whether to say something to the public went entirely unargued — and even unmentioned” until the appeal, the court said.
From Washington Post
Mrs Rooney's barrister argued that his own client's evidence had been "clear, measured, unargued and reasonable".
From BBC
Peter Stothard, editor of the Times Literary Supplement and chair of this year’s Man Booker Prize committee of judges, is the chief proponent of the view that book bloggers and amateur reviewers are bad for book culture, worrying that “the mass of unargued opinion” may “choke off” literary critics.
From The Guardian
He also criticised newspaper editors for cutting back their books pages, and for the proliferation of unargued reviews in papers, along the lines of "if a critic goes to the cinema and ends up writing about 'how my child would have liked it', or 'what the audience thought'".
From The Guardian
"If the mass of unargued opinion chokes off literary critics ... then literature will be the lesser for it," he said.
From The Guardian
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