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Undisputed

Definition: Undisputed

Undisputed

Adjective

1. Generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory".

2. Accepted without question; "undoubted evidence".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "undisputed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)


Synonyms: Undisputed

Synonyms: accepted (adj), unchallenged (adj), undoubted (adj), unquestioned (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Undisputed

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Certainty

Indubious; without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question; past dispute; clear as day; beyond all question, beyond all dispute; undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed; questionless, doubtless.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Undisputed

English words defined with "undisputed": Antilegomena, authenticityClaudius PtolemaeusdominiongenuinenessIndisputedlegitimacyPtolemyruleunarguably, Unargued, undisputedly. (references)
Specialty definitions using "undisputed": Visual Interface. (references)

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Modern Usage: Undisputed

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Is the undisputed truth (Goodbye Stranger; performing artist: Supertramp)

Movie/TV Titles

Undisputed (2002)

Song Titles

Smiling Faces Sometimes (performing artist: The Undisputed Truth)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Undisputed

DomainTitle

Books

  • Evidence: Report on Documentary Evidence and Proof of Undisputed Facts (reference)

  • Jesus Christ According to Paul: The Christologies of Paul's Undisputed Epistles and the Christology of Paul (Bibla Monograph Series, 1) (reference)

  • Ohio State '68: All the Way to the Top: The Story of Ohio State's Undefeated Run to the Undisputed 1968 National Football Championship (reference)

  • Undisputed Andy Capp (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Undisputed

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

As the undisputed leader in high-tech solutions, the United States marks the trends. (references)

The October 1946 elections resulted in coalition governments in the five Land (state) parliaments with the SED as the undisputed leader. (references)

Civil Liberties

Slovak Republic

On July 13, the ECHR ruled in favor of Feldek stating that "it was clear and undisputed that there had been interference with the applicant's right to freedom of expression" and awarded him $12,000 (SK 600,000). A new Freedom of Information Act became effective on January 1 that grants citizens access to virtually all unclassified information from national and local government offices. (references)

Economic History

Russia

Moscow is Russia's undisputed political and financial center; it has superb infrastructure (by Russia's standards) and a strong industrial base. (references)

Israel

While Israel's bureaucracy contributes to relatively long project development times, the need for projects to be developed is undisputed, and companies with interest in the Israeli market, should look into the possibility of teaming up with local firms. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Undisputed

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Madison

1809-1817On Lake Champlain, where our superiority had for some time been undisputed, the British squadron lately came into action with the American, commanded by Captain Macdonough.

James Monroe

1817-1825To civilize them, and even to prevent their extinction, it seems to be indispensable that their independence as communities should cease, and that the control of the United States over them should be complete and undisputed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Undisputed

"Undisputed" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Undisputed" is used about 172 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%17223,722

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Undisputed

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

undisputed

45

the undisputed truth

17

soundtrack undisputed

7

movie undisputed

5

record undisputed

3

title undisputed wwe

3

belt undisputed wwe

3

band undisputed

2

championship rock undisputed

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Undisputed

Language Translations for "undisputed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i padiskutueshëm (incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, recognized, unchallengeable, unquestionable, unquestioned). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مسلم به (accepted, admissible, admitted, assumptive). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

несъмнен (absolute, certain, decided, indubitable, questionless, sure, undeniable, unimpeachable, unmistakable, unquestionable, unquestioned), неоспорим (inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefragable, irrefutable, sovereign, stringent, strong, unarguable, uncontrovertible, undeniable, unqualified, watertight), безспорен (incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, outright, questionless, undoubted, unquestionable). (various references)

   

Czech

  

nesporný (incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, undeniable, undoubted, unexceptionable, unquestionable, unquestioned), nepochybný (certain, indubitable, undoubted, unequivocal, unmistakable). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

riidaton (uncontested), kiistämätön (incontestable, indisputable, unchallenged). (various references)

   

French

  

indubitable (undoubted, undoubtful, unmistakable), incontesté (undoubted, unquestioned). (various references)

   

German

  

unbestritten (unargued, unchallenged, unchallengedly, uncontested, undisputedly, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned), unangefochten (unargued, unchallenged, uncontested, unquestionable). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αδιαφιλονίκητοσ (incontestable, indisputable). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vitathatatlan (beyond dispute, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefragable, to stand unchallenged, unarguable, uncontented, undoubted). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tak perlu dipersoalkan. (various references)

   

Italian

  

indiscusso (accepted, indisputed, unquestioned). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

独り天下 (undisputed leader). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ひとりて"か (be the sole master of the situation, reign supreme, undisputed leader). (various references)

   

Manx

  

gyn cur noi (nem con, uncontested). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isputedunday

   

Portuguese

  

não disputado, indisputado, incontroverso (incontrovertible), incontestado (uncontested, unquestioned). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

necontestat (self evident, unquestionable). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

неоспоримый (cogent, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrecusable, irrefragable, unchallengeable, uncontrollable, undeniable, unquestionable, unquestioned). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

neraspravljen, neosporen (unchallenged). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

indiscutible (indisputable, questionless, undoubted). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

obestridd (unchallenged, uncontested). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tartışmasız (beyond dispute, decided, incontestable, indisputable, non contentious, noncontentious, unargued, unchallenged, without dispute), tartışılmaz (unchallengeable, unquestionable), şüphesiz (beyond doubt, by all means, certain, certainly, clearly, decided, decidedly, definite, doubtless, easily, indubitable, no doubt, of course, sure, sure as death, undoubted, unquestioned, without doubt, without fail). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

безспірний (apparent). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không cãi được (decided, decidedly, uncontested), không bị tranh chấp, không bác được không bị cãi lại không bị tranh gi nh. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Undisputed

Misspellings

"Undisputed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: undisposed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Undisputed"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "undisputed" (pronounced u'ndi'spyuw"tud)
9-d i' s p y uw" t u ddisputed.
6-p y uw" t u dcomputed, imputed, reputed.
5-y uw" t u dcommuted, muted, refuted.
4-uw" t u dbooted, diluted, hooted, looted, polluted, recruited, rerouted, rooted, saluted, suited, undiluted, unsuited, uprooted.
3-t u dabated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, lubricated, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, requested, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Undisputed

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-n-p-s-t-u-u"

-1 letter: unstudied.

-2 letters: disputed, unsuited.

-3 letters: dipnets, dispend, dispute, distend, dunites, pundits, puniest, punties, stipend, studdie, studied, tuneups.

-4 letters: dinted, dipnet, dunite, dunted, dusted, dustup, duties, indued, indues, inputs, instep, nudest, nudies, nudist, puisne, pundit, punted, sendup, sniped, spined, spinet, spited, stiped, stupid, sudden, suited, supine, teinds, tenuis, tuneup, undies, united, unites, unstep, untied, unties.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Undisputed


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 64 69 73 70 75 74 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-    -.    -..    ..    ...    .--.    ..-    -    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01100100 01101001 01110011 01110000 01110101 01110100 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#100 &#105 &#115 &#112 &#117 &#116 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0064 0069 0073 0070 0075 0074 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

55807075858287867170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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