unchallenged
adjective
un·chal·lenged
ˌən-ˈcha-lənjd 
: not questioned, disputed, or opposed : not challenged
an unchallenged assumption
unchallenged authority
… modes of thinking that have gone unchallenged since the time of Newton, Descartes, and even Aristotle.—
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Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk have missed routine unchallenged headers in the box, and Dominik Szoboszlai saw a shot blocked on the line by Chelsea’s Benoit Badiashile.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Cheating, exploitation, performative metrics and prestige obsession cannot go unchallenged.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
After wrestling control of Long Island from the Dutch, British rule went mostly unchallenged for over a century before the region played host to the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War.
—JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
All of this was based on an unchallenged trust that prices would continuously rise in an era sustained by cheap money and low rates.
—Amachie Ackah, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Cheating, exploitation, performative metrics and prestige obsession cannot go unchallenged.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
After wrestling control of Long Island from the Dutch, British rule went mostly unchallenged for over a century before the region played host to the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War.
—JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
All of this was based on an unchallenged trust that prices would continuously rise in an era sustained by cheap money and low rates.
—Amachie Ackah, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Unchallenged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unchallenged. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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