no contest

plural no contests

1. UScountableuncountablelawA type of plea in a criminal proceeding where the defendant neither admits nor denies guilt but consents to the imposition of punishment as if guilty.

   Synonyms: nolo contendere

2. UScountableuncountablelawA clause in a will that imposes a penalty of forfeiture against any beneficiary who challenges the will.

   No contest clauses are valid in California and are favored by the public policies of discouraging litigation and giving effect to the settlor's expressed purposes.

   2021, Susan F. French, A California Companion for the Course in Wills, Trusts, and Estates

3. countablehistoricaluncountableboxingThe result of a boxing bout, promoted as an exhibition when the sport of boxing was illegal, when a knockout did not occur.
4. countableuncountableboxingA bout that the referee cancels early, either due to a serious injury early in the fight or due to a lack of action
5. countableuncountableAn election in which the candidate runs unopposed.

   In four wards there were no contests.

   1867, Parliamentary Papers, volume 56, page 76

1. informalUsed to indicate that a competition or comparison is one-sided and so its outcome is too obvious to be interesting.

   Synonyms: no comparison

2. emphaticinformalExpresses certainty in a choice between options or preferences.

   I'll take a Porsche, no contest!

1. informalIndicates the perceived lack of any real competition because the “winner” or superior choice is obvious.

   To all the things DVD does better than the videocassette, add the boxed set. In looks alone there is no contest.

   2000 November 5, Peter M. Nichols, “HOLIDAY FILMS; Studios Move Slowly With DVD Boxed Sets”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms: no comparison