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
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The rest of the supporting cast also performs with energy, but Pérez is, appropriately, the uncontested star: wistful, tender and sincere, her voice not enormous but generously delivered, her high notes glistening.
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Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
In the House, Republicans won 50.7 percent of the vote in contested seats, based on incomplete totals, though that figure is skewed by the fact there were six more uncontested Democratic seats than Republican seats.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
Or with the uncontested idea that a rising income conveys you ever closer to the summum bonum?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
People may not trust the authorities, but that does not prevent them from supporting the regime and its uncontested leader and even showing their loyalty when necessary.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
As in that game, the Jaguars got little pressure on the opposing quarterback on Saturday and often left receivers running uncontested in the secondary.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023
Greenfield mayor Nate Anderson, a school resource officer for Franklin Township Community Schools, is running uncontested in the Democratic primary for Greenfield mayor.
—Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
Jordan’s road to the speakership also apparently won’t be uncontested.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 Oct. 2023
Where his mother’s crowning bathed the monarchy in uncontested splendor, Charles’s challenge is to focus a much more diffuse spotlight.
—Alan Cowell, New York Times, 2 May 2023
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Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
In the House, Republicans won 50.7 percent of the vote in contested seats, based on incomplete totals, though that figure is skewed by the fact there were six more uncontested Democratic seats than Republican seats.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
Or with the uncontested idea that a rising income conveys you ever closer to the summum bonum?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
People may not trust the authorities, but that does not prevent them from supporting the regime and its uncontested leader and even showing their loyalty when necessary.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
As in that game, the Jaguars got little pressure on the opposing quarterback on Saturday and often left receivers running uncontested in the secondary.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023
Greenfield mayor Nate Anderson, a school resource officer for Franklin Township Community Schools, is running uncontested in the Democratic primary for Greenfield mayor.
—Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
Jordan’s road to the speakership also apparently won’t be uncontested.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 Oct. 2023
Where his mother’s crowning bathed the monarchy in uncontested splendor, Charles’s challenge is to focus a much more diffuse spotlight.
—Alan Cowell, New York Times, 2 May 2023
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First Known Use
1683, in the meaning defined above
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