uncontested

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adjective

Not contested or disputed; not made the object of competition.

Opposite
contested
OriginEnglish contested ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuncontested (comparative more uncontested, superlative most uncontested)

comparative more uncontested · superlative most uncontested

  1. Not contested or disputed; not made the object of competition.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot disputed and not made the object of contention or competition

Opposite
contested
Also see
undoubted

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishcontested
  9. Englishuncontested

From un- + contested.

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Translations

Danish ubestridt
  • ubestridtnot contested or disputed
Dutch onomstreden
  • onomstredennot contested or disputed
German unangefochten
  • unangefochtennot contested or disputed
Norwegian Bokmål ubestridt
  • ubestridtnot contested or disputed
Swedish obestridd
  • obestriddnot contested or disputed
Cite this entry
APA

uncontested. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontested

MLA

“uncontested.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontested. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncontested,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontested.

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