Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Beyond dispute or doubt; undeniable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not disputable; not to be disputed; undoubtedly true; incontrovertible; incontestable.
- Synonyms Unquestionable, undeniable, irrefragable, indubitable, certain, positive, obvious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
disputable ; not open toquestion ;obviously true
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not open to question; obviously true
- adjective impossible to doubt or dispute
Etymologies
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Examples
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It also offers what she calls indisputable proof that her husband and flight Capt.
Phillies Zone 2011
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What seems indisputable is that consumers would prefer to have a choice, between traditional service and electronic service.
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There were certain indisputable themes in his work.
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It is, in short, indisputable that the orogenic movements which uplift the hills have been at the basis of geological history.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895
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Good Hope, "replied Shandon," they must necessarily have rounded the septentrional coasts of America -- that's what I call indisputable, doctor. "
The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Jules Verne 1866
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This is ours by right, by history, and the cat sort of went out of the bag in the wake of Hillary's - the secretary of state's meetings in Hanoi, when a Chinese military official spokesman in a public setting said China has quote, unquote, "indisputable" - and then he used the magic word - sovereignty - over the South China Sea.
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This is ours by right, by history, and the cat sort of went out of the bag in the wake of Hillary's - the secretary of state's meetings in Hanoi, when a Chinese military official spokesman in a public setting said China has quote, unquote, "indisputable" - and then he use the magic word - sovereignty - over the South China Sea.
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In the story, the science of global warming is referred to as "indisputable" - "except that it is highly disputed, so it must be disputable."
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In the story, the science of global warming is referred to as "indisputable" - "except that it is highly disputed, so it must be disputable."
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… and maybe indisputable is the wrong term. perhaps ‘most plausible’ is more appropriate.
Think Progress » Rumsfeld Exploits 9/11 To Defend Failed Iraq Policy 2006
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