incontestable

adjective

ˌin-kən-ˈte-stə-bəl How to pronounce incontestable (audio)
Definition of incontestablenext
as in indisputable
not capable of being challenged or proved wrong the incontestable statement that every contest has a winner and a loser

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Recent Examples of incontestable Many experts also remained in denial until evidence of Covid’s lethality and transmissibility became incontestable. — David Blumenthal, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026 Duesberg kept making his argument well after evidence that the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, causes AIDS became incontestable. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 That is to say, there is no one pure ur-movie, unblemished and incontestable. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 Second, combining data from different IoT devices revealed incontestable details of Alex Murdaugh’s activities. — David Sella-Villa, The Conversation, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for incontestable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontestable
  1. indisputable
  2. incontrovertible
  3. unquestionable
  4. indubitable
  5. irrefutable
  6. undeniable
  7. conclusive
  8. unarguable
Adjective
  • The opinions surfaced on Subway Takes frequently spark debate, but Rahma's popularity is indisputable.
    — Leslie Horn Peterson, Time, 14 July 2026
  • Michelle Obama’s indisputable exceptional leadership provided a public example of the Black female leadership that was already ingrained.
    — Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of indisputable
Adjective
  • By slow degrees, Philip’s story shifts to accommodate the incontrovertible evidence of IP addresses and deciphered cryptography and Lucy struggles to keep up, let alone understand.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • What is incontrovertible, however, is how indispensable Guimaraes is for Howe and Newcastle.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Definition of incontrovertible
Adjective
  • Rockstar has a track record of clustering major beats around its parent company’s reporting dates, and a trailer ahead of that call would give the company’s brass something to point at as a symbol of unquestionable success.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Cooking a sizzling steak and some blood sausage, the unquestionable togetherness a barbecue brings, is worth as much if not more than hours of video analysis.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of unquestionable
Adjective
  • As a result, mathematical truths do not make up a unified whole of equally indubitable truths; instead, their status as knowledge varies gradually from doubtless facts to increasingly uncertain hypotheses.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2026
  • The second route, and the route that makes indubitable sense, entails using the techniques and methods of psychology to gauge the performance of AI.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of indubitable
Adjective
  • Reporting on the Holocaust tested Grossman’s attention to character, replacing the gray zone of Soviet morality with irrefutable villains and victims.
    — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
  • Organizations that embed deep, scientific inquiry into their commercial DNA can not only disrupt existing markets but also engineer entirely new ones based on the irrefutable laws of physics.
    — Alexandra Vidyuk, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of irrefutable
Adjective
  • Nolan's non-linear storytelling and minimal exposition challenge some, yet the visual grandeur and powerful performances, including Anne Hathaway's Penelope and a diverse ensemble, are undeniable.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Like their close counterparts, mom jeans, these pants have a high waist, a comfortable silhouette, and an undeniable presence.
    — Alex Sales, Glamour, 17 July 2026
Definition of undeniable
Adjective
  • The film, the conclusive ending to the three Heartstopper seasons adapted from Alice Oseman’s graphic novel, is set to follow Charlie (Locke) and Nick (Connor)’s biggest relationship hurdle yet.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
  • There’s no conclusive answer, and that’s something McElwee will have to live with.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 July 2026
Definition of conclusive
Adjective
  • Yet despite these unarguable facts, the direction of the animation world lately has been decidedly pro-Shrek and anti–French rat.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • But the unarguable fact is that the federal government would be providing less money to pay for health care for the roughly 72 million Americans on Medicaid.
    — Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of unarguable

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