incontestable

[ in-kuhn-tes-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible:

   incontestable proof.

incontestable

/ ˌɪnkənˈtɛstəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being contested or disputed

Derived Forms

• ˌinconˈtestably, adverb
• ˌinconˌtestaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• incon·testa·bili·ty incon·testa·ble·ness noun
• incon·testa·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of incontestable¹

First recorded in 1665–75; in- ³ + contestable ( def )

Example Sentences

The final and incontestable proof of his nobility is that even as he was killed, he kept the bomb from killing anybody else.

From The Daily Beast

But, part of it also seems like ignorance of her place in history, a glib gloss on events of incontestable consequence.

From The Daily Beast

If the question had been simply one of pedigree, the right of the Dauphin would have been incontestable.

From Project Gutenberg

It is in accordance with these incontestable principles that I shall examine the religion of the Christians.

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In short, in this instance, your paternity renders you all the more proud from the fact that it is incontestable, my dear sir!

From Project Gutenberg

That I take it by my own incontestable right and not of your hand, by your bounty and your charity?

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It is surely pushing the argument too far to say that this is an “incontestable” representation of the solar movement.

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