undoubted
English
Etymology
From Middle English undouted, undoutid, equivalent to un- + doubted.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌnˈdaʊtɪd/
- Hyphenation: un‧doubt‧ed
Adjective
undoubted (comparative more undoubted, superlative most undoubted)
- Without doubt; without question; certain.
- His undoubted skill meant that he was in much demand.
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:
- More should I question thee, and more I must,
Though more to know could not be more to trust,
From whence thou camest, how tended on: but rest
Unquestion’d welcome and undoubted blest.
- 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, lines 8–11, pages 1–2:
- Thou Spirit who ledſt this glorious Eremite
Into the Deſert, his Victorious Field
Againſt the Spiritual Foe, and broughtſt him thence
By proof the undoubted Son of God, […]
- 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 12, in Pride and Prejudice, volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton […], OCLC 38659585:
- Of what he has particularly accused me I am ignorant; but of the truth of what I shall relate, I can summon more than one witness of undoubted veracity.
- 1923, “Current Situation,” Time, 3 December, 1923,
- The place of psychology in business is undoubted; whether it can prevail against more concrete and material facts, and if so, how long, remain debatable propositions.
- 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
- Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.
Synonyms
- uncontested
- unquestioned
- undisputed
- doubtless
Derived terms
- undoubtedly
Translations
Without doubt
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