incontestable

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˌɪnkənˈtɛstəbəl/ UK /ˌɪnkənˈtestəbəl/
adj Freq #87470

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    so clearly true or valid that it cannot reasonably be disputed

    The surviving letters provide incontestable evidence that the two writers had met.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · so clearly true or valid... indisputableundeniableincontrovertible
Opposites
Word family
Forms incontestably
Derived forms incontestablyincontestability
Related forms contestcertaintyevidence

Etymology

Formed from in-, 'not,' + contestable, 'open to challenge or dispute.' Contestable ultimately belongs to the Latin contestari family, originally referring to calling witnesses or making a formal declaration.

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