How to Use uncontroversial in a Sentence

uncontroversial

adjective
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  • In the book, Sasse goes far out of his way to be uncontroversial and extend his appeal across the board.
    — Malcolm Harris, New Republic, 21 June 2017
  • Drag of this kind was uncontroversial and all around me back then.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
  • This ought to have been one of the few uncontroversial issues.
    — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Mr Elmer was born in 1955 and his early years seemed to set the stage for an uncontroversial career.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Not that long ago, this would have been seen as uncontroversial.
    — Michael R. Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Off the field, Johnson is about as uncontroversial as a player can be.
    — Bob Baum, The Seattle Times, 25 May 2017
  • It’s a shortcut, a way to fast-track something that should be uncontroversial.
    — Editorial Dallas Morning News, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
  • Most of the law in question, passed on August 2nd, is uncontroversial.
    — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
  • There was never a time when the Nobel Peace Prize was uncontroversial.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Voting by mail has been an option offered in Ohio for more than a decade, and has been uncontroversial in recent years.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2020
  • In short, the idea that a commission would be useful should be uncontroversial.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 20 May 2021
  • No surprise, maybe, given the uncontroversial theme: The US needs to prepare workers for the future.
    — Brian Barrett, Wired, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Most of this part of Roberts’s opinion is uncontroversial.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2024
  • Start with uncontroversial topics—even small talk about work or the weather.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 30 June 2022
  • Politicians, left and right, come for uncontroversial attention (and a few for the music).
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • The simple fact is that the Queen is too good at being royal, bland, uncontroversial and dully inscrutable.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The opening of the United States’ embassy in Jerusalem was never going to be uncontroversial.
    — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 14 May 2018
  • At the core of job guarantee plans is what should be, in theory, an uncontroversial idea: that everyone who wants a job should be able to get one.
    — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Plenty of the changes in the strategy are uncontroversial.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2019
  • This much is uncontroversial, even though it may not be thought relevant—or polite, perhaps—to talk about it.
    — Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2020
  • In years past, this might have been seen as an uncontroversial and boring change to the law that is of interest only to financial businesses based in the state.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But the biggest surprise of all turned out to be how uncontroversial the nominations were, as many of the results lined up with our predictions from two weeks ago.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Neely’s bill had been filed early in the session, but struggled to get out of the usually uncontroversial House Rules committee in April.
    — Tessa Weinberg, kansascity, 18 May 2018
  • The Chinese government is in the process of pushing tech firms out of the news business, even in seemingly uncontroversial areas as sports.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021
  • On Ninth Street one of the places poised for development is a parking lot, which ought to be entirely uncontroversial.
    — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Kruse: Again the ERA starts out seeming uncontroversial.
    — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2019
  • Much of what Biden has said and done has been uncontroversial, and she's had few tricky shoals to navigate in terms of race, feminism or immigrant background.
    — USA Today, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Where the Spartans are ranked on Tuesday evening will impact the landing spot for several teams outside of what should be an uncontroversial top four.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2021
  • In other words, the suit begins with the uncontroversial premise that real people were harmed in real ways by the campaign and that a court might be a good place to find out precisely what happened.
    — Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, 13 July 2017
  • In Denmark — tiny, tidy, highly taxed — the policy is uncontroversial.
    — Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024

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