unquestioned

«unquestioned» in Mova's school dictionary: Accepted by everyone as true or right, with no doubt — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (unquestioned)

meaning for a pupil

1) Accepted by everyone as true or right, with no doubt. tree →

2) Not asked questions; not checked. tree →

sense in the lessons

A word for facts, rules and leaders. «Her talent was unquestioned» means everybody agrees. In science, ideas should not stay unquestioned — scientists test them. In Alice in Wonderland the Queen of Hearts' orders go unquestioned until Alice says «Nonsense!».

examples

• His honesty was unquestioned. tree →
• She was the unquestioned champion. tree →
• The Queen's orders went unquestioned. tree →
• In science, no idea should be unquestioned. tree →
• The rules went unquestioned for years. tree →
• The witness left unquestioned. tree →
• No English translation of Perrault's fairy tales has attained unquestioned literary pre-eminence. tree →

note

Adjective, from «question». Related: «unquestionable» (cannot be doubted), «unquestionably» (certainly).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unquestioned» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.