Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Beyond question or doubt. synonym: authentic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- That cannot be questioned or doubted; indubitable; certain: as, unquestionable evidence or truth; unquestionable courage.
- Averse to being questioned; averse to conversation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not questionable.
- adjective rare Not inviting questions or conversation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
undeniable ,obvious
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective incapable of being questioned
- adjective not open to question
- adjective not counterfeit or copied
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Muslim prayer reminded me of what old-school Catholicism must have resembled — steeped in unquestionable tradition and inaccessibility, yet beautiful, a bit magical, and surreal.
Archive 2009-09-01 Kate Fleurange 2009
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To suppress doubt, then, to discourage thinking, to try to stop a person from questioning the unquestionable is simply to make them more and more susceptible to the cynical, more unaccepting of naive belief.
Sister Joan Chittister, OSB: People of Faith Should Be Grateful for Doubt OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2010
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To suppress doubt, then, to discourage thinking, to try to stop a person from questioning the unquestionable is simply to make them more and more susceptible to the cynical, more unaccepting of naive belief.
Sister Joan Chittister, OSB: People of Faith Should Be Grateful for Doubt OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2010
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To suppress doubt, then, to discourage thinking, to try to stop a person from questioning the unquestionable is simply to make them more and more susceptible to the cynical, more unaccepting of naive belief.
Sister Joan Chittister, OSB: People of Faith Should Be Grateful for Doubt OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2010
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What was once unquestioned and unquestionable is now being questioned and doubted.
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As early as 1870, the Supreme Court characterized as unquestionable the power of Congress to require both an enumeration and the collection of statistics in the census.
Bleeding Heartland - Front Page desmoinesdem 2010
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As early as 1870, the Supreme Court characterized as unquestionable the power of Congress to require both an enumeration and the collection of statistics in the census.
Bleeding Heartland - Front Page desmoinesdem 2010
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As early as 1870, the Supreme Court characterized as unquestionable the power of Congress to require both an enumeration and the collection of statistics in the census.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] DerekE 2010
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As early as 1870, the Supreme Court characterized as unquestionable the power of Congress to require both an enumeration and the collection of statistics in the census.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] DerekE 2010
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Speaking on South African radio, Tsvangirai Wednesday said he was certain Mugabe's commitment to the deal was "unquestionable" and voiced confidence that the government would work.
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