UNCONTROVERSIAL Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

uncontroversial

adjective

ˌən-ˌkän-trə-ˈvər-shəl

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 In some ways, Warsh is a relatively uncontroversial choice for the role. —

Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026 Typically, new chairs are subjected to plenty of scrutiny, but the transition of power is almost always smooth and uncontroversial. —

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 See All Example Sentences for uncontroversial

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Adjective

Complimentary reef-safe sunscreen dispensers are available to guests property-wide and beach clean-ups are held regularly with guests invited to join.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Another 10 people were detained on May 24 while trying to negotiate safe passage for their convoy at a checkpoint near Sitre, Libya, along the Mediterranean coast less than halfway between Tunisia and Egypt.

— Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026