as in safe
unlikely to provoke controversy or offense
uncontroversial legislation, such as designating the cranberry the official state fruit
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Recent Examples of uncontroversial
Typically, new chairs are subjected to plenty of scrutiny, but the transition of power is almost always smooth and uncontroversial.
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Christopher Condon, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
Yet the homage to Badinter proved strikingly uncontroversial, with politicians from opposite ends of the political spectrum striving to claim him as one of their own.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Along with its shallow invocation of the power of female friendship, Imperfect Women nods toward uncontroversial takeaways about gender, race, class, heterosexual love, rifts between parents and children without offering novel insight.
—Judy Berman, Time, 18 Mar. 2026
The internet of things, a term Ashton coined in the late 1990s to describe how everyday devices embedded with sensors would connect the real world with its virtual counterpart, has given us useful and fairly uncontroversial applications — think satnav, earthquake alarms, and package tracking.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
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Christopher Condon, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
Yet the homage to Badinter proved strikingly uncontroversial, with politicians from opposite ends of the political spectrum striving to claim him as one of their own.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Along with its shallow invocation of the power of female friendship, Imperfect Women nods toward uncontroversial takeaways about gender, race, class, heterosexual love, rifts between parents and children without offering novel insight.
—Judy Berman, Time, 18 Mar. 2026
The internet of things, a term Ashton coined in the late 1990s to describe how everyday devices embedded with sensors would connect the real world with its virtual counterpart, has given us useful and fairly uncontroversial applications — think satnav, earthquake alarms, and package tracking.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontroversial
Adjective
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Opting for a midi-length dress is a safe choice that will feel polished without missing the mark.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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However, there is no definitive national ranking from 2013 showing Los Angeles and New York City tied as the safest big cities in the country.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Zoe Siegel, director of Climate Resilience at Greenbelt Alliance, said the county’s Urban Limit Line has largely been noncontroversial.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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But supporters of the bills — and the agency’s work — frame the legislation, which would largely affect port authorities across the state, as noncontroversial.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Uncontroversial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontroversial. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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