Meanings
comparative more unchallenged · superlative most unchallenged
- Not having any challengers.
Roman Sharonov rose unchallenged to head a corner wide, while diminutive winger Gokdeniz Karadeniz ghosted in with a diving header from the edge of the six-yard box that was acrobatically kept out by Gomes.
2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport - Lacking experience due to lack of challenges; untested.
- Undisputed, not called into question.
The intruders went unchallenged.
1 more example
Many of his crazy ideas remained unchallenged.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivegenerally agreed upon; not subject to dispute
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishchallenged
- Englishunchallenged
From un- + challenged.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
unchallenged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchallenged
“unchallenged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchallenged. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unchallenged,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchallenged.
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