[
US
/ˌənkənˈtɛstɪd/
]
[ UK /ʌnkəntˈɛstɪd/ ]
[ UK /ʌnkəntˈɛstɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not disputed and not made the object of contention or competition
uncontested authority
How To Use uncontested In A Sentence
- As a democrat I don't believe that any election should go uncontested but there is an argument to be put forward in this case.
- Fearless, lawless and sowing misery with a careless abandon, their reign seems uncontested. Times, Sunday Times
- As a result, more than half of the 300 seats were uncontested. Times, Sunday Times
- Returning to office uncontested, the President appears to see her mandate as continuing to work in the same vein as before.
- In other local parish and town council elections many are uncontested because there are more seats than candidates, or the same number.
- An uncontested election would imply endorsements of these mistakes. Times, Sunday Times
- The separation period before divorce kicks in was reduced from five years to two in contested cases and two years to one in uncontested cases.
- In 2003 and 2004, thousands of citizens trouped to hearings where, all but uncontested, they opposed federal rules granting greater concentration of media ownership that a pro-corporate majority at the Federal Communications Commission went on to rubber stamp. Hans Johnson: Blocked Content Puts Focus on Corporate Power
- Free throw shooting, as an uncontested shot, is the only basketball stat that's pure.
- Like the Scottish Nationalists, the SSP are breaching the convention of leaving the Speaker's seat uncontested.