unchallengedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtʃalən(d)ʒd/, U.S. /ˌənˈtʃæləndʒd/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective]
sickera1400
undoubtingc1400
undoubtablec1425
doubtlessc1440
unsoilablec1449
unwithsayablec1450
undoubtedc1460
indoubted?1467
indubitate1480
undubitate1482
unrepugnablea1500
infallible1526
questionless1532
insoluble1533
irrefragable1533
undoubtful1533
inexpugnablea1535
uncontrolleda1535
undeniable1541
indisputable1551
indoubtable1557
unsoluble1559
uncontrollable1577
infringible1581
irreprovable1581
ungainsaid1587
unquestionable1587
unquarrelled1588
peremptory1589
irrefragatea1592
unrefellable1593
unrefutable1594
controversiless1604
unquestioned1604
undisputable1605
impleadable1606
contradictless1607
unargued1609
unchallengeable1611
uncontroversable1617
ungainsayable1618
irrefutable1620
indeniable1621
undenied1621
incontradictable1624
indenied1624
indubious1625
indubitable1625
undisputeda1627
uncontroversed1634
unchallengeda1639
God-given1642
indisputed1643
unconfutable1643
undubitable1643
incontrollable1646
incontrovertible1646
unquarrellable1646
watertight1647
unquaerable1657
uncontrovertible1664
incontestable1673
inconfutable1679
uncontestable1681
uncontested1683
uncontradictory1698
uncontradictable1707
incontested1712
irrevinciblea1746
contestlessa1750
innegable1772
irrecusable1776
unrebuttable1804
unassailable1830
unimpugnable1832
irrebuttablea1834
unquibbled1860
inarguablea1875
automatic1877
inoppugnable1885
indiscussible1893
indiscutable1933
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [adjective] > subjected to interrogation > not
unquestionatec1500
unquestioneda1616
uncanvasseda1797
uninterrogated1803
unchallenged1805
uncross-examined1827
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) ii. 97 He was..much hated by the clergy... Notthelesse he went unchallenged and was not brought in question.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel v. xii. 137 Unchallenged, thus, the warder's post, The court, unchallenged, thus he crossed.
1847 Ld. Lindsay Sketches Hist. Christian Art I. 61 The Byzantines..maintained a pre-eminence, unchallenged and unchallengeable, in the three sister arts.
1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 114 (note) A man, whose position as heir under the civil law was unchallenged and unchallengeable.
1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xvii. 176 ‘Yes,’ continued the unchallenged speaker, in..the typical voice of the tavern-talker.
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