unargued
Americanadjective
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undisputed; not subject to argument or discussion.
an unargued right.
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undebated; unopposed by argument; admitted.
an unargued objection.
Etymology
Origin of unargued
1610–20; un- 1 + argue ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The Supreme Court’s majority chose the opaque system of an unsigned, unargued, unbriefed and unreasoned order to issue a body-blow to the rule of law, undermining lower court rulings and Congressional statutes, specifically the Convention Against Torture.
From Slate
Beyond the big merits cases concerning everything from birthright citizenship to healthcare for trans minors to racial gerrymandering to defunding Planned Parenthood, and beyond the brief, unbriefed, unargued emergency docket cases, the Supreme Court’s conservatives are in a power struggle with the very president they crowned quasi-king.
From Slate
“Any notion that the memorandum concerned whether to say something to the public went entirely unargued — and even unmentioned” until the appeal, the court said.
From Washington Post
Mrs Rooney's barrister argued that his own client's evidence had been "clear, measured, unargued and reasonable".
From BBC
But a subsidiary factor was the unargued assumption that, after 1989, there were no alternatives to liberal political and economic models.
From The Guardian
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