unquestioned

B2 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ənˈkwɛstʃənd/ UK /ʌnˈkwestʃənd/
adj Freq #61599

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    accepted without doubt, challenge, or investigation

    The policy rested on an unquestioned assumption about user behavior.

  2. 2
    adj

    not asked about or interrogated

    Several witnesses remained unquestioned after the hearing ended.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · accepted without doubt,... undisputedunchallenged
2 adj · not asked about or... unexamineduninterrogated
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Word family
Related forms questionquestionable

Etymology

From un- + questioned. The prefix reverses either the act of asking questions or the broader act of challenging an idea.

Topics

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