incontested

English

Etymology

in- +‎ contested

Adjective

incontested (not comparable)

1. Not contested; uncontested
   • 1712 December 3 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “SATURDAY, November 22, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 543; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

     I think we may lay this down as an incontested principle

     The spelling has been modernized.

References

• “incontested”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.