uncontroversial
adjective
, -ˈvər-sē-əl\
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Current efforts to ban gay- and trans-panic defenses are uncontroversial in jurisdictions that embrace gay and transgender rights. — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, "The End of the Gay-Panic Legal Defense," 8 July 2019 The Copernican principle is normally uncontroversial when applied to an observer’s location in space. — William Poundstone, Vox, "A math equation that predicts the end of humanity," 5 July 2019 As recently as the late 20th century, the patenting of genes was fairly uncontroversial. — Faye Flam, Twin Cities, "Faye Flam: Corporations shouldn’t be able to patent your DNA," 20 June 2019 Comparing the three shows how to deliver a reliably uncontroversial speech like a monarch, beat by beat. 1. — Jackie Bischof, Quartz, "How to write a speech like a queen," 5 June 2019 The House passed a $19.1 billion disaster-aid package with a bipartisan majority, sending the legislation to the president’s desk after months of wrangling delayed the typically uncontroversial funding. — Andrew Duehren, WSJ, "House Passes $19.1 Billion Disaster-Aid Package," 3 June 2019 As recently as the late 20th century, the patenting of genes was fairly uncontroversial. — Faye Flam, Twin Cities, "Faye Flam: Corporations shouldn’t be able to patent your DNA," 20 June 2019 As recently as the late 20th century, the patenting of genes was fairly uncontroversial. — Faye Flam, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: Corporations shouldn’t be able to patent your DNA," 16 June 2019 Plenty of the changes in the strategy are uncontroversial. — The Economist, "Victims get a bigger role in prosecuting those who wronged them," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'uncontroversial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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