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Definition of incontestable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

incontestable

adjective
 
/ˌɪnkənˈtestəbl/
 
/ˌɪnkənˈtestəbl/
(formal)
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  1. that is true and cannot be disagreed with or denied synonym indisputable
    • an incontestable right/fact
    • His claim to the land is incontestable.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, or from medieval Latin incontestabilis, from in- ‘not’ + contestabilis ‘able to be called upon in witness’, from the verb contestari (from con- ‘together’ + testare ‘to witness’).
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