disputed

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

disputed (comparative more disputed, superlative most disputed)

1. Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.

   The theory, though common, was widely disputed.

   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎^[1], page 13:

     The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.

Translations

argued

• Danish: omstridt
• Finnish: kiistanalainen (fi)
• Maori: kūraruraru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omstridt, omstridd

  Nynorsk: omstridd

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• Russian: оспа́риваемый (ru) (ospárivajemyj), спо́рный (ru) (spórnyj)
• Turkish: tartışılan, tartışmalı (tr)

Verb

disputed

1. simple past and past participle of dispute

   They disputed the issue loudly and vehemently.

Derived terms

• disputedly