unquestioned

adjective

un·​ques·​tioned ˌən-ˈkwes-chənd How to pronounce unquestioned (audio)
-ˈkwesh-
: not doubted or questioned
unquestioned authority
an assumption that has gone unquestioned
a person of unquestioned integrity

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Nvidia is the unquestioned leader in designing the hardware and software architecture needed to power advanced AI, and its non-automaker customers include the likes of Amazon and Microsoft. Derek Saul, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 But after Lenin’s death, in 1924, when Stalin established himself as the unquestioned ideological authority, Pokrovskii dutifully adapted to the new tenets. Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 Thompson saw the final two years of his contract restructured ahead of the 2023 season, which kept the Panthers’ unquestioned defensive leader in Carolina on a pay cut, The Observer reported at the time. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2025 To sustain that illusion, Corbet also sticks with a conventional, unquestioned naturalism, a straightforward narrative continuity that proceeds as if on tracks and allows for none of the seeming digressions and spontaneity that would make its characters feel real. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for unquestioned 

Word History

First Known Use

1604, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unquestioned was in 1604

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“Unquestioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unquestioned. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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