Meanings
comparative more uncontroversial · superlative most uncontroversial
- Not controversial.
Under court tradition, a new justice is usually assigned a relatively uncontroversial opinion that is often, although not always, unanimous.
2021 March 8, Ariane de Vogue, “Stephen Breyer adds ‘respect’ to his dissent of Amy Coney Barrett’s first opinion”, in CNNSynonyms: noncontroversial
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot controversial.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot likely to arouse controversy
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-
- Englishcontroversial
- Englishuncontroversial
From un- + controversial.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German unverfänglich
- unverfänglichnot controversial
Romanian necontroversat
- necontroversatnot controversial
Spanish nada conflictivo, no conflictivo
- nada conflictivonot controversial
- no conflictivonot controversial
- no polémiconot controversial
Swedish okontroversiell
- okontroversiellnot controversial
Cite this entry
uncontroversial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontroversial
“uncontroversial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontroversial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncontroversial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontroversial.
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