unquestionedadj.n.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɛstʃ(ə)nd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɛstʃ(ə)nd/, U.S. /ˌənˈkwɛstʃənd/, /ˌənˈkwɛʃtʃənd/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adjective] > asked > not
unspeeredc1400
unquestioned1595
uninquired1725
unenquireda1818
unput1897
1595 W. Hubbock Apol. Infants 7 Let not sinne lye vnexamined, vnquestioned.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. i. 54 Our haste from hence is of so quicke condition, That it..leaues vnquestion'd Matters of needfull value. View more context for this quotation
2. Not called into question; undisputed; (also) designating a position or status indisputably held by a particular person or thing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [adjective]
trusta1200
trusty?c1225
strustya1250
trustinga1382
traista1400
traistfula1400
trustful1560
confident1594
credent1604
unquestioned1604
fearless1634
fiduciary1640
confiding1829
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective]
sickera1400
undoubtingc1400
undoubtablec1425
doubtlessc1440
unsoilablec1449
unwithsayablec1450
undoubtedc1460
indoubted?1467
indubitate1480
undubitate1482
unrepugnablea1500
infallible1526
questionless1532
insoluble1533
irrefragable1533
undoubtful1533
inexpugnablea1535
uncontrolleda1535
undeniable1541
indisputable1551
indoubtable1557
unsoluble1559
uncontrollable1577
infringible1581
irreprovable1581
ungainsaid1587
unquestionable1587
unquarrelled1588
peremptory1589
irrefragatea1592
unrefellable1593
unrefutable1594
controversiless1604
unquestioned1604
undisputable1605
impleadable1606
contradictless1607
unargued1609
unchallengeable1611
uncontroversable1617
ungainsayable1618
irrefutable1620
indeniable1621
undenied1621
incontradictable1624
indenied1624
indubious1625
indubitable1625
undisputeda1627
uncontroversed1634
unchallengeda1639
God-given1642
indisputed1643
unconfutable1643
undubitable1643
incontrollable1646
incontrovertible1646
unquarrellable1646
watertight1647
unquaerable1657
uncontrovertible1664
incontestable1673
inconfutable1679
uncontestable1681
uncontested1683
uncontradictory1698
uncontradictable1707
incontested1712
irrevinciblea1746
contestlessa1750
innegable1772
irrecusable1776
unrebuttable1804
unassailable1830
unimpugnable1832
irrebuttablea1834
unquibbled1860
inarguablea1875
automatic1877
inoppugnable1885
indiscussible1893
indiscutable1933
1604 T. Bilson Suruey Christs Sufferings 365 To my purpose it was sufficient, that they both were grieued at hart with great and continuall heauinesse for their Nation, which are the vndoubted and vnquestioned words of Paul.
1622 R. Oxley Serm. preached at Gouldsbrough 3 The Prophet Dauid that sweet singer of Israel, is the vnquestioned author of this Psalme.
a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. A4v His safety being unquestion'd.
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 3 The case [is]..clear and unquestioned amongst rational men.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 469. ¶5 The stated and unquestioned Fee of his Office.
1736 J. Thomson Britain: 4th Pt. Liberty 862 On Aid, unquestion'd, liberal Aid was given.
1809 G. Crabbe Tales ix. 163 He must be one with manners like her own, His life unquestion'd, his opinions known.
1852 G. H. Boker Podesta's Daughter 33 Giulia, thus, Would rise with something like a guilty pang, And busy her about the household work, Leaving my words unquestioned.
1885 Manch. Examiner 4 Feb. 4/7 She has put forward her largest claims, and..they pass unquestioned.
1956 M. W. Fishwick Virginia Trad. x. 73 The young New Englander could scarcely understand the credulity which permitted the story to go unquestioned for so long.
1964 S. E. Lehmberg Sir Walter Mildmay & Tudor Govt. x. 155 Morton remained in the Council and within a month had recovered a dominant position if not unquestioned authority.
1992 Rolling Stone 10 Dec. 180/4 These were the pre-Coltrane days, when Rollins was the unquestioned giant of the hard-bop tenor sax.
2013 Irish Times (Nexis) 20 Mar. 12 It is an unquestioned assumption of modern middle class life that reading is a good thing—particularly for children.
3. Of a person: not subjected to questioning; uninterrogated. Also occasionally as n.: an uninterrogated person.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [adjective] > subjected to interrogation > not
unquestionatec1500
unquestioneda1616
uncanvasseda1797
uninterrogated1803
unchallenged1805
uncross-examined1827
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 208 More should I question thee..From whence thou cam'st, how tended on, but rest Vnquestion'd welcome. View more context for this quotation
1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 295 It lookes straingly that he passeth to and fro with that liberty he doth vnquestioned.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxii. 144 I could wish..that, even in Jest, my Mamma's Daughter might pass unquestioned.
1795 J. Boaden Secret Tribunal iv. i. 45 Why, I know not, But I am yet unquestion'd.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 36 That fellest foe might join the feast, And from his deadliest foeman's door Unquestioned turn.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 109 Wherethrough, unquestioned of his race or name, He entered.
1898 B. Gregory Side Lights 525 Permitting the great Questioner to be the great Unquestioned.
a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) ii. 47 I wanted to know..what he meant by insulting us with his requests, when in any other town in Italy one went unquestioned.
1962 Life 13 Apr. 96/4 He hoped, he believed that somewhere in the mist of vanished years there must be something—an affidavit, a letter, a witness unquestioned—that could set his father free.
2001 D. K. Gupta Path to Collective Madness vi. 163 When the ruler gave an order, he was to be obeyed, unquestioned and without any hesitation.
Derivatives
unˈquestionedly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [adverb] > without question
suspectlessly1599
unquestionedly1644
implicitly1650
unsuspectingly1656
unquestioningly1677
unsuspiciouslya1812
questionlessly1865
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adverb]
withouten wantrukea1225
without missa1275
dreadlessc1369
doubtlessc1386
certainlya1400
sadly?a1425
questionlessc1425
undoubtablyc1425
doubtlesslyc1440
unsoilablyc1445
undoubtablec1450
undoubteda1500
undoubtedly?a1500
infallibly1502
indefeasibly1540
undubitately1548
indubitatelya1552
undoubting1552
undoubtingly1552
indoubtedly1563
indoubtly1606
unquestionably1611
questionlessly1612
indubitably1624
undoubtfully1628
uncontrollably1629
irrefragably1635
ungainsayably1637
inquestionablya1641
indubiously1642
unquestionedly1644
incontrollably1646
incontrovertibly1646
indisputably1646
acknowledgedly?1649
inexpugnably1653
uncontrovertablya1658
undubitably1660
inconfutably1664
uncontrollably1676
irrefutably1681
uncontestedly1699
undisputably1707
uncontestably1709
incontestablya1711
uncontrovertibly1755
undisputedly1778
(and) no mistake1818
unchallengeably1827
without resort1827
undeniedly1837
unappealably1840
indubitativelya1853
irrecusably1862
uncontradictably1862
inescapably1881
unarguably1888
sho1893
sure1894
posilutely1914
hands down1936
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxiii. 287 The memory, till then, keepeth quietly and vnquessionedly [sic] for the true obiect, what either the thought, or chance..had patched vp.
1847 J. M. Austin Voice to Married 274 Marriage..has unquestionedly sometimes been fruitful of unhappiness, and engendered long years of pain and wretchedness.
2010 R. Geuss Politics & Imagination i. 14 Not even the human desire for self-preservation can be taken unquestionedly as the basis for political valuation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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