Unchallenged
adjective
Not questioned or doubted by anyone.
Her assertion that the earth is flat remained unchallenged.
Often appears as...
- remain unchallenged
- go unchallenged
adjective
Not having to face any competition or obstacles.
The team's dominance in the tournament remained unchallenged.
Often appears as...
- remain unchallenged
- go unchallenged
adjective
Not questioned or examined for validity or correctness.
The theory stays unchallenged despite numerous objections.
Often appears as...
- remain unchallenged
- go unchallenged
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Not questioned or doubted by anyone.
Her assertion that the earth is flat remained unchallenged.
Often appears as...
- remain unchallenged
- go unchallenged
adjective
Not having to face any competition or obstacles.
The team's dominance in the tournament remained unchallenged.
Often appears as...
- remain unchallenged
- go unchallenged
adjective
Not questioned or examined for validity or correctness.
The theory stays unchallenged despite numerous objections.
Often appears as...
- remain unchallenged
- go unchallenged
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Acceptance by All
Use when expressing that a belief or claim is widely accepted without opposition or question.
The artist's influence on modern music is unchallenged.
Pro Tip 2/2No Debate
Emphasize the absence of debate when a statement or fact is generally agreed upon.
His role as the best player in the history of the game is unchallenged.
Pro Tip 1/2Acceptance by All
Use when expressing that a belief or claim is widely accepted without opposition or question.
The artist's influence on modern music is unchallenged.
Pro Tip 2/2No Debate
Emphasize the absence of debate when a statement or fact is generally agreed upon.
His role as the best player in the history of the game is unchallenged.
Pro Tip 1/2Acceptance by All
Use when expressing that a belief or claim is widely accepted without opposition or question.
The artist's influence on modern music is unchallenged.
Pro Tip 2/2No Debate
Emphasize the absence of debate when a statement or fact is generally agreed upon.
His role as the best player in the history of the game is unchallenged.
Compare with
disputeincontrovertibleindisputableirrefutableopposeunassailableunimpeachableunquestioned
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What’s the difference...
A single unexpected result is enough to challenge the status quo. However, vulnerability to some potentially better explanation doesn't weaken a current scientific theory. Instead, it shields science from becoming unchallenged dogma.
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Loretta J. Ross: Don't...
especially in his niece's eyes and his family's eyes. But most importantly, the third thing you've achieved is that you did not let his bigotry go unchallenged, and that was witnessed by the entire
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Paper Wasp PIPE National...
wasps nests the adult wasps have no defenses against this vicious mass so the ants steal the wasp larvae unchallenged army ants aren't the only
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Defending the ant nest...
Another wave of ants advances unchallenged. But the attack is not going to plan.
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What’s the difference...
A single unexpected result is enough to challenge the status quo. However, vulnerability to some potentially better explanation doesn't weaken a current scientific theory. Instead, it shields science from becoming unchallenged dogma.
Video examples
Loretta J. Ross: Don't...
especially in his niece's eyes and his family's eyes. But most importantly, the third thing you've achieved is that you did not let his bigotry go unchallenged, and that was witnessed by the entire
Video examples
Paper Wasp PIPE National...
wasps nests the adult wasps have no defenses against this vicious mass so the ants steal the wasp larvae unchallenged army ants aren't the only
Video examples
Defending the ant nest...
Another wave of ants advances unchallenged. But the attack is not going to plan.
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Neil MacGregor
British Historian
As the Persians wrote very little about how they ran their affairs, the Greek propaganda of the 5th century B.C. has for centuries gone virtually unchallenged - indeed, for Edward Said, it was the beginning of Europe's long habit of misunderstanding and ill-informed contempt of the Middle East.
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Ruth Negga
Ethiopian Actress
I'm all for philosophical debates about race, but if you look at history, you see that the status quo has power when it's unchallenged. So these conversations about inequality are crucial.
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David Puttnam
British Producer
At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged.
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George Leigh Mallory
British Celebrity
The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast in unchallenged and isolated supremacy.
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Brianna Keilar
Australian Journalist
We have to challenge lies. We have to challenge falsehoods and conspiracy theories. If you don't, they fester - unchecked and unchallenged.
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Tina Brown
American Editor
One common denominator of super-affluent alpha men is the conviction, unchallenged every day, that the world revolves around them.
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Gina Miller
Guyanese Activist
No prime minister, no government can expect to be unanswerable or unchallenged.
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Bruce Babbitt
American Politician
It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.
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Louisa May Alcott
American Novelist
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Neil MacGregor
British Historian
As the Persians wrote very little about how they ran their affairs, the Greek propaganda of the 5th century B.C. has for centuries gone virtually unchallenged - indeed, for Edward Said, it was the beginning of Europe's long habit of misunderstanding and ill-informed contempt of the Middle East.
Quote examples
Ruth Negga
Ethiopian Actress
I'm all for philosophical debates about race, but if you look at history, you see that the status quo has power when it's unchallenged. So these conversations about inequality are crucial.
Quote examples
David Puttnam
British Producer
At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged.
Quote examples
George Leigh Mallory
British Celebrity
The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast in unchallenged and isolated supremacy.
Quote examples
Brianna Keilar
Australian Journalist
We have to challenge lies. We have to challenge falsehoods and conspiracy theories. If you don't, they fester - unchecked and unchallenged.
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Tina Brown
American Editor
One common denominator of super-affluent alpha men is the conviction, unchallenged every day, that the world revolves around them.
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Gina Miller
Guyanese Activist
No prime minister, no government can expect to be unanswerable or unchallenged.
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Bruce Babbitt
American Politician
It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.
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Louisa May Alcott
American Novelist
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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