unquestioned
adjective (unquestioned)
Everyday
- Accepted by everyone as true or right, with no doubt. tree →
- Not asked questions; not checked. tree →
In the lessons
A word for facts, rules and leaders. «Her talent was unquestioned» means everybody agrees. In science, ideas should not stay unquestioned — scientists test them. In Alice in Wonderland the Queen of Hearts' orders go unquestioned until Alice says «Nonsense!».
Examples
- His honesty was unquestioned. tree →
- She was the unquestioned champion. tree →
- The Queen's orders went unquestioned. tree →
- In science, no idea should be unquestioned. tree →
- The rules went unquestioned for years. tree →
- The witness left unquestioned. tree →
- No English translation of Perrault's fairy tales has attained unquestioned literary pre-eminence. tree →
Note
Adjective, from «question». Related: «unquestionable» (cannot be doubted), «unquestionably» (certainly).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «unquestioned» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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