unquestionable

[uhn-kwes-chuh-nuh-buhl]

adjective

1. not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain.

   an unquestionable fact.

2. above criticism; unexceptionable.

   a man of unquestionable principles.

unquestionable

/ ʌnˈkwɛstʃənəbəl /

adjective

1. indubitable or indisputable

2. not admitting of exception or qualification

   an unquestionable decision

Other Word Forms

• unquestionability noun
• unquestionableness noun
• unquestionably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unquestionable¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ¹ + questionable

Synonym Study

See doubtless ( def. ).

Example Sentences

“She displayed unquestionable strength and brought attention to the realities of powerful men in our orbit and the misconduct that has persisted for decades without repercussion.”

From Los Angeles Times

What is unquestionable is that any prime minister would have struggled with the backdrop Sir Keir inherited.

From BBC

No matter where people stand on Schulz’s point of view on comedy, his mark on pop culture with his punchlines has become unquestionable.

From Los Angeles Times

The precision of the drops is astonishing, the impact heart-lifting, their moments of victory obvious and unquestionable.

From Los Angeles Times

It claimed that grating clemency to “unquestionable perpetrators of notorious acts of mass terror…. can be justified by no motive other than to resist the death penalty across the board.”

From Salon

Related Words

• absolute 
• indisputable 
• self-evident 
• undeniable 
• unequivocal 
• unmistakable