incontestable
adjective
in·con·test·able
ˌin-kən-ˈte-stə-bəl 
: not contestable : indisputable
an incontestable fact
incontestable talent
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Examples of incontestable in a Sentence
The evidence against him is incontestable.
the incontestable statement that every contest has a winner and a loser
Recent Examples on the Web
The slime is uncontested and incontestable.
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Judith Martin, oregonlive, 18 Jan. 2023
What’s incontestable is that you’ve been greatly pained by what happened.
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The incontestable quality, originality, and global reach of her music is another.
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The barrage has forced Taylor to defend a rock-solid conservative record — and assertions as factual and incontestable as the observation that crimes were committed on Jan. 6.
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Such is the natural order, an incontestable necessity of the protozoan parasite’s life cycle.
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China claims the island, a self-governing democracy that is critical to global technology supply chains, as an incontestable part of its territory.
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The charge that economists are more than occasionally guilty of excessive self-confidence is incontestable.
—Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
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Judith Martin, oregonlive, 18 Jan. 2023
What’s incontestable is that you’ve been greatly pained by what happened.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
The incontestable quality, originality, and global reach of her music is another.
—Shaun Harper, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
The barrage has forced Taylor to defend a rock-solid conservative record — and assertions as factual and incontestable as the observation that crimes were committed on Jan. 6.
—Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2022
Such is the natural order, an incontestable necessity of the protozoan parasite’s life cycle.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2014
China claims the island, a self-governing democracy that is critical to global technology supply chains, as an incontestable part of its territory.
—Ana Swanson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022
The charge that economists are more than occasionally guilty of excessive self-confidence is incontestable.
—Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
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Word History
Etymology
French, from in- + contestable, from contester to contest
First Known Use
1673, in the meaning defined above
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incontestable
adjective
in·con·test·able
ˌin-kən-ˈtes-tə-bəl
: not open to doubt : unquestionable
an incontestable fact
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