Unquestioned
[ʌn'kwestʃ(ə)nd] or [ʌn'kwɛstʃənd]
Definition
(a.) Not called in question; not doubted.
(a.) Not interrogated; having no questions asked; not examined or examined into.
(a.) Indisputable; not to be opposed or impugned.
Editor: Myra
Examples
- Deity unquestioned, thine essence foils decay! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Cuff, the unquestioned king of the school, ruled over his subjects, and bullied them, with splendid superiority. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He exulted in his isolation in the new element, unquestioned and unconditioned. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He could love the vegetation and be quite happy and unquestioned, by himself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Let her come and go, unobserved and unquestioned. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The unquestioned need for experts in politics is full of the very real danger that detailed preparation may give us a bureaucracy--a government by men divorced from human tradition. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Myra