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unquestioned /ʌnˈkwɛstʃ(ə)nd /adjective1Not disputed or doubted; certain: his loyalty to John is unquestioned...- He will voluntarily withdraw the legislation until such time as there is no doubt who has the unquestioned authority to speak for Native people.
- Three-and-a-half years later, she still does not have a solitary title to her name and there are growing doubts about whether her unquestioned potential will ever be realised.
- Not every one of these cases is likely to achieve unquestioned acceptance as evidence for ordained women in the ancient Church.
1.1Not examined or enquired into: an unquestioned assumption...- They find out quickly how easy it is to hurt one another with unquestioned assumptions and prejudices.
- Meanwhile, currently unquestioned metaphysical assumptions may need updating and most importantly, scientists need to understand the limitations of their approach to a conception of the nature of the universe.
- Derrida had advanced deconstruction as a challenge to unquestioned assumptions of the Western philosophical tradition.
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