unquestioned

adjective

un·​ques·​tioned ˌən-ˈkwes-chənd How to pronounce unquestioned (audio)
-ˈkwesh-
: not doubted or questioned
unquestioned authority
an assumption that has gone unquestioned
a person of unquestioned integrity

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Worthy was going to be the team’s unquestioned top option with Rice suspended. Jesse Newell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025 The Justice Department took care to redact victims’ names from the transcript but allowed Maxwell’s lies to stand unquestioned. Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025 While Kim's position as third-generation supreme leader affords him unquestioned command over the country, reports indicated he was forced to fight for this status, having been named heir apparent only a year before his father's death. Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025 And maybe that is why, five decades after its release, Born to Run is my unquestioned favorite album ever. Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unquestioned

Word History

First Known Use

1604, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unquestioned was in 1604

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“Unquestioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unquestioned. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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