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incontestable

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. incapable of being contested or disputed [syn: incontestible ] [ant: contestable ] not open to question; obviously true; "undeniable guilt"; "indisputable evidence of a witness" [syn: indisputable , undisputable ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, from French incontestable , from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + contestable (see contest (v.)). Related: Incontestably .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incontestable \In`con*test"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + contestable: cf. F. incontestable.] Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not contestable; indisputable; certain; incontrovertible.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Proof of the harmful effects of smoking is incontestable . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But, when the times comes, his proposers look as if they will have an incontestable piece of evidence. ▪ Cultural studies also underestimate ...

Usage examples of incontestable.

Two or three bent iron claws for pulling out spikes would have given us such incontestable superiority that, down to almost the last of our run, we should have been able to escape and even to burn all the Chickamauga bridges.

We have incontestable proof that Flimflam was involved in sabotaging Limo-34.

Whatever cavils may be urged, an orderly world, as well as a coherent, articulate speech, will still be received as an incontestable proof of design and intention.

Since it has occurred to you--you who wish the acquittal of this poor boy--that the testimony of Madame Dammauville may be vitiated by the simple fact that it comes from a sick woman, it is incontestable, is it not, that this same idea will occur to those who wish for his conviction?

Here, except in the twenty-five chapters of canonesses, which are a semi worldly rendezvous for poor young girls of noble birth, fervor, frugality, and usefulness are almost everywhere incontestable.

Stead and the late Archdeacon Colley -- names which will bulk large in days to come -- attached great importance to spirit photography as a final and incontestable proof of survival.

Can we change the nature of what is contestable, and make it incontestable?

It is, in effect, a holograph will and testament, quite incontestable by any of his blood relations.

Moreover, it is incontestable that Madison Avenue frequently exaggerates the importance of new features and encourages consumers to dispose of partially worn-out goods to make way for the new.

But still I should like them to be submitted to a final examination, in order to make their worth incontestable and uncontested.

No, for Glenarvan saw a token which furnished incontestable proof that the convicts had frequented that part of the coast.

Proof that it had actually happened would require at least to show one unambiguous continuum of transitional species possessing an incontestable progression of graduations from one type to another.

Too, he was on his way to becoming a legal expert, remaining in the milieu of the university, piling one degree upon another while teaching at the graduate level until the sheer depth of his expertise in specific areas was incontestable.

He envied this gilded man, he thought what happiness it would be to be able to put on that coat which was an incontestable thing, that if Cosette saw him thus it would dazzle her, that when he should give his arm to Cosette and pass before the gate of the Tuileries they would present arms to him, and that that would so satisfy Cosette that it would destroy her inclination to look at the young men.

We must add to this the passage quoted from Pomponius and from such strong proofs, it seems incontestable that the emperors had granted some kind of privilege to certain civilians, quibus permissum erat jura condere.