1600-1700controvertible ‘that can be argued about’(17-21 centuries), from controvert ‘to dispute’(17-21 centuries), from controversy
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
There is incontrovertible evidence that Wallenberg did not die in 1947.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Although this has been argued over for fifty years, the size of this ancient catastrophe now seems incontrovertible.
For this was reality, as durable as it was crucial, as incontrovertible as it was incomprehensible.
If the hearings uncover some incontrovertible evidence of corruption he could look like a defender of the indefensible.
It is incontrovertible that there has been long-continued subsidence on many oceanic atolls.
It was far from incontrovertible evidence of what Gloria had suggested and Neil had confirmed.
That Husameddin, perhaps unluckily, has wholly misrepresented Ibn Hajar is incontrovertible, however.
The case for following the Western example of reducing the costly standing army by building a reserve of trained men became incontrovertible.
The evidence that the television arrangements were bungled is incontrovertible.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►conclusive/incontrovertible/irrefutable evidence
(=very strong evidence which cannot be disproved)· We need irrefutable evidence before making an arrest.· The government claims it has conclusive evidence of the country’s nuclear weapons programme.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►evidence
· It was far from incontrovertible evidence of what Gloria had suggested and Neil had confirmed.· If the hearings uncover some incontrovertible evidence of corruption he could look like a defender of the indefensible.· And without incontrovertible evidence that Leila was dead, would it ever be watertight enough?· It might well be that Chesnais had incontrovertible evidence.
definitely true and impossible to be proved falseSYN indisputable: CCTV provided incontrovertible evidence that he was at the scene of the crime.—incontrovertibly adverb