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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

uncontroversial en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English controversial English uncontroversial From un- + controversial.

Meanings

  1. Not controversial.
    • Under court tradition, a new justice is usually assigned a relatively uncontroversial opinion that is often, although not always, unanimous. 2021 March 8, Ariane de Vogue, “Stephen Breyer adds ‘respect’ to his dissent of Amy Coney Barrett’s first opinion”, in CNN:

Forms

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more uncontroversial Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most uncontroversial Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

controversial

Deriveds

uncontroversially · uncontroversialness

Synonyms

noncontroversial

Translations (6)

sv okontroversiell (not controversial) · es no polémico (not controversial) · es no conflictivo (not controversial) · ro necontroversat (not controversial) · de unverfänglich (not controversial) · es nada conflictivo (not controversial)