contestedadj.
/kənˈtɛstɪd/ Disputed, contended for or about, made an object of contention or competition. contested election n. one which is disputed at the poll; also, an election of which the validity or legality is challenged, sometimes called a controverted election.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > relating to battles > disputed in battle
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > that is the subject of contention
controverteda1631
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the mind > language > statement > objection > [adjective] > pettily or unfairly > disputed or called in question
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > of challenged validity
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > contested
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1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. ii. i. 14 And from the French contested Milan take.
1728 H. Fielding Love in Several Masques i. i. 3 I shall be like a contested Heir who spends his Estate in the Pursuit of it.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lix. 276 Contested elections shall..be determined with some decent regard to the merits of the case. The event of the suit is of no consequence to the crown.
1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 1 A contested election in such a city as this, is no light thing.
1841 C. Dickens Let. 31 May (1969) II. 288 I cannot afford the expense of a contested election.
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. Pref. 68 The means of deciding contested points in history and science.
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