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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Netflix reported its third-quarter earnings Thursday, adding 5 million subscribers as its status as subscription streaming TV’s dominant platform remains unchallenged.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024
As Wall Street financiers snapped up huge swaths of the nation’s rental housing market in recent years, the deals sailed through unchallenged.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
The movie delivers a critical and analytical unfolding of the circumstances of Reality’s life, starting with her childhood in Texas, in order to reveal her sense of deceptions and injustices that pass largely unchallenged in everyday American life.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
During the pandemic, this was especially true of politicians, who sometimes made outlandish claims that went unchallenged.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024
As Wall Street financiers snapped up huge swaths of the nation’s rental housing market in recent years, the deals sailed through unchallenged.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
The movie delivers a critical and analytical unfolding of the circumstances of Reality’s life, starting with her childhood in Texas, in order to reveal her sense of deceptions and injustices that pass largely unchallenged in everyday American life.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
During the pandemic, this was especially true of politicians, who sometimes made outlandish claims that went unchallenged.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Unchallenged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unchallenged. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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