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

Spanberger ran unopposed for the governor’s nomination, while the Republican nominations for governor and lieutenant governor were also uncontested. —Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025

Furness initiated the uncontested divorce in New York's Suffolk County Supreme Court on May 23, according to court records reviewed by USA TODAY May 27. —Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 28 May 2025

In their current form, those partnerships reflect the asymmetries of a different era, when American military primacy appeared uncontested and immutable. —Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025

Per the filing, the couple's divorce is uncontested and will only need a judge to sign off. —Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025

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