uncontested

adjective

un·​con·​test·​ed ˌən-kən-ˈte-stəd 

-ˈkän-ˌte-

: not disputed or challenged : not contested

the uncontested winner

an uncontested election

an uncontested divorce

an uncontested layup in basketball

Examples of uncontested in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Only a minute went by before the lead was cut to 16 with an uncontested alley-oop dunk in transition and Hurley had seen enough, choosing to bring his starters back in for a 40-second stretch. —Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026

With Hezbollah’s and Hamas’s leadership in disarray and Israeli jets maintaining a humiliating, virtually uncontested presence over Iranian airspace, the regime is strategically naked before its people—exposed by an empty treasury and an unprotected sky. —Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026

Her uncontested name change was approved in November 2023. —Monty Davis, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026

In a separate County Board race, Democratic incumbent Maggie Trevor is running uncontested in the March primary for the 9th District seat after fellow Democrat Kevin Robert Murphy was removed from the ballot. —A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1683, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for uncontested

• manifested
• rearrested
• reinvested
• undigested
• uninvested
• unmolested
• arrested
• attested
• congested
• contested
• detested
• digested