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uncontroversial

/ ˌʌnkɒntrəˈvɜːʃəl /

adjective

  1. not inspiring or causing controversy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The difficulties grow even more pronounced when discussing those highly visible sculptures that are usually committee-approved, intentionally uncontroversial and frequently appeal to the lowest common denominator: art in public.

Throughout the seven presidential administrations that governed while she had been at NIOSH, her work had been utterly uncontroversial.

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In a funny way, though, for Sir Keir Starmer to succeed he needs it to seem as insignificant and uncontroversial as possible.

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References to the local elections on the day are normally restricted to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations, the weather, or practical information about how to vote.

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Beneath the surface, this deliberately anodyne event, built around the uncontroversial fact that Ireland and the U.S. are closely tied by ancestry, history, culture and trade, was about lots of other stuff too.

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