uncontroversial

adjective

un·​con·​tro·​ver·​sial ˌən-ˌkän-trə-ˈvər-shəl 

-ˈvər-sē-əl

: not likely to be disputed or to cause strife or quarrel : not relating to or arousing controversy

an uncontroversial opinion

In all, Hagel should be an uncontroversial choice to head the Pentagon.

—Hayes Brown

uncontroversially adverb

Hippies were photogenic, free love and the psychedelic style made good copy, and the music was uncontroversially great.

—Louis Menand

Synonyms of uncontroversial

• safe
• noncontroversial

Examples of uncontroversial in a Sentence

uncontroversial legislation, such as designating the cranberry the official state fruit

Recent Examples on the Web

And the Thirteenth Amendment is relatively uncontroversial, right? —David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

But this year’s bargaining season was much quieter and uncontroversial. —Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

From that concern emerged what was then, and remains, an uncontroversial, bedrock moral principle. —Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026

After all, there’s probably more money to be made when you’re understood, accepted, and uncontroversial by everyone. —Boutayna Chokrane, Pitchfork, 7 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for uncontroversial

• noncontroversial
• commercial
• inertial
• controversial
• noncommercial