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[ in-kuhn-tes-tuh-buhl ] / ˌɪn kənˈtɛs tə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR incontestable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveincapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof. Origin of incontestableFirst recorded in 1665–75; in-3 + contestable OTHER WORDS FROM incontestablein·con·test·a·bil·i·ty, in·con·test·a·ble·ness, nounin·con·test·a·bly, adverbWords nearby incontestableinconsonant, inconspicuous, inconstant, inconsumable, incontestability clause, incontestable, incontinence, incontinent, incontinentia pigmenti, incontinentia pigmenti achromiens, incontinently Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for incontestableThe final and incontestable proof of his nobility is that even as he was killed, he kept the bomb from killing anybody else. Bomb Disposal Expert Takes His Last ‘Lonely Walk’|Michael Daly|November 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST But, part of it also seems like ignorance of her place in history, a glib gloss on events of incontestable consequence. The Duchess Tells All|Chloë Schama|November 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST The policy in question is for one hundred thousand dollars, and is incontestable. The Silent Bullet|Arthur B. Reeve Their command of fleets gave them incontestable advantages, as when, for instance, Otto II. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 1|Various
Wherever conditions permitted a fair test, the superiority of the American gunner was incontestable. Union and Democracy|Allen Johnson There is incontestable evidence that it is conveyed by fomites—a fact well worth bearing in mind. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various This is an incontestable truth, even if one thinks only of the material habits that have to be sacrificed. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia|Fyodor Dostoyevsky
British Dictionary definitions for incontestable
adjectiveincapable of being contested or disputed Derived forms of incontestableincontestability or incontestableness, nounincontestably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to incontestableabsolute, authoritative, clear, conclusive, definite, demonstrable, destined, determined, evident, firm, fixed, genuine, guaranteed, hard, in the bag, inarguable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible |