incontestable

adjective

ˌin-kən-ˈte-stə-bəl How to pronounce incontestable (audio)
Definition of incontestablenext
as in indisputable
not capable of being challenged or proved wrong the incontestable statement that every contest has a winner and a loser

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Recent Examples of incontestable Many experts also remained in denial until evidence of Covid’s lethality and transmissibility became incontestable. — David Blumenthal, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026 Duesberg kept making his argument well after evidence that the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, causes AIDS became incontestable. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 That is to say, there is no one pure ur-movie, unblemished and incontestable. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 Second, combining data from different IoT devices revealed incontestable details of Alex Murdaugh’s activities. — David Sella-Villa, The Conversation, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for incontestable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontestable
  1. indisputable
  2. incontrovertible
  3. unquestionable
  4. indubitable
  5. irrefutable
  6. undeniable
  7. conclusive
  8. unarguable
Adjective
  • Scientists have an indisputable playful side, evidenced by frequent allusions to popular culture in their research publications.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Advertisement The need to dial down the temperature is indisputable.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of indisputable
Adjective
  • To some, the attack fulfilled long-term right-wing warnings that Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza would yield disaster; and the attack was incontrovertible proof that Palestinians will never live in peace with Israel.
    — Dahlia Scheindlin, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • That is what’s decreed by the Premier League, which reviews each incident and only wants players to be sent off if there is incontrovertible evidence that the referee had no choice.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of incontrovertible
Adjective
  • That was the unquestionable trend that emerged from Milan Fashion Week for spring 2027, and retailers could not get enough of them, praising Prada‘s offer that focused on the singular garment and its versatility.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Collins made up for his lack of money by courting attention with relentless broadsides against the race’s unquestionable front-runner.
    — Michael Van Sickler, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of unquestionable
Adjective
  • As a result, mathematical truths do not make up a unified whole of equally indubitable truths; instead, their status as knowledge varies gradually from doubtless facts to increasingly uncertain hypotheses.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2026
  • The second route, and the route that makes indubitable sense, entails using the techniques and methods of psychology to gauge the performance of AI.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of indubitable
Adjective
  • What was once fixed and irrefutable no longer applied, leaving room for dissonance and inquiry.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • There's no objective, irrefutable way to connect the dots today.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of irrefutable
Adjective
  • What’s even worse is that his prolonged farewell has started chipping away at his undeniable legacy.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This is a wildly uncertain time for the business, but there’s an undeniable revival happening this year at the box office.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of undeniable
Adjective
  • Still, the final score was 31-14, a conclusive win for Ohio State, but hardly the embarrassment of Alabama-MSU.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • And likewise, the evidence against attachment isn’t conclusive.
    — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of conclusive
Adjective
  • Yet despite these unarguable facts, the direction of the animation world lately has been decidedly pro-Shrek and anti–French rat.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • But the unarguable fact is that the federal government would be providing less money to pay for health care for the roughly 72 million Americans on Medicaid.
    — Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of unarguable

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“Incontestable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incontestable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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