incontested

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English

Etymology

From in- +‎ contested.

Adjective

incontested (not comparable)

  1. Not contested; uncontested.
    • 1712 December 3 (Gregorian calendar), , “SATURDAY, November 22, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 543; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, , volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
      I think we may lay this down as an incontested principle
      The spelling has been modernized.

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