Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Beyond question or doubt. See Synonyms at authentic.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- That cannot be questioned or doubted; indubitable; certain: as, unquestionable evidence or truth; unquestionable courage.
- Averse to being questioned; averse to conversation.
Wiktionary
- adj. undeniable, obvious
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not questionable.
- adj. rare Not inviting questions or conversation.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. incapable of being questioned
- adj. not open to question
- adj. not counterfeit or copied
Etymologies
- un- + question + -able (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
The Huffington Post: Sister Joan Chittister, OSB: People of Faith Should Be Grateful for Doubt
“What was once unquestioned and unquestionable is now being questioned and doubted.”
“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.”
“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.”
“But speaking on South African radio, Tsvangirai said Wednesday he was certain Mugabe's commitment to the deal was "unquestionable" and voiced confidence that the government would work.”
“Speaking on South African radio, Tsvangirai said Wednesday he was certain Mugabe's commitment to the deal was "unquestionable" and voiced confidence that the government would work.”
“The problem with Julius Caesar comparisons is that you need the intellect and military prowess to have that kind of unquestionable power.”
“The FEC says it is "unquestionable" that federal election law applies to activity on the Internet.”
“Throughout the ages there have been the 'intellectual outlaws' who have questioned the "unquestionable," and doubted even the very existence of the gods.”
Atheism: An Affirmative View by Emmett F. Fields (Updated 1990)
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Un-word List
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Undeniable
Words meaning undeniable.
irrefutable, irrefragable, indisputable, incontrovertible, indubitable, unquestionable, incontestable
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