Controversial; contentious; debated.
contested
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for contested.
Editorial note
It sounds to me like the patent is way too broad to be contested effectively by Eolas.
Quick take
Controversial; contentious; debated.
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for contested.
adjective
Controversial; contentious; debated.
Example sentences
It sounds to me like the patent is way too broad to be contested effectively by Eolas.
This remains the case even after you discard from that bin every story in which the involvement of the weapon is contested.
Whether or not move constructors should leave objects in a 'valid state', whatever you mean by that, is hotly contested.
It is a strike fighter with some A2A capability, to be used in combination with F-22 if the airspace is highly contested.
How does that reflect anything about the effects of density and campaign expenditures in actively-contested races?
Secondly, around a hundred people got killed protesting contested election results in 2009.
A total of 8,251 candidates contested for 543 seats in the Indian parliament.
It was a very smart nd contested political / financial move that no other country in europe would have the balls to put up with.
That story was not only not disproven, but not even contested.
I didn't think the existence of such signs was a contested bit of history.
Can anyone find a case in which epithets directed at a cop were the basis of a criminal charge that was (a) contested and (b) upheld?
Now, because the trial is public domain the transcripts are almost certainly in the public domain too (this is law in the 10th circuit and I don't think it has been contested elsewhere).
Quote examples
But under the (still hotly contested in the Digital Age) "third party doctrine", information held by a service provider (an ISP, a website, a hotel, a cell phone company, etc) law enforcement can request data with just a subpoena.
Obviously Germany, before Euro Deutsch Mark was becoming a very strong currency, so German products were expensive (similarly to Swiss Franc)." I know this is contested, but the other narrative is that Germany was forced into the EUR by Paris in exchange for unification.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use contested in a sentence?
It sounds to me like the patent is way too broad to be contested effectively by Eolas.
What does contested mean?
Controversial; contentious; debated.
What part of speech is contested?
contested is commonly used as adjective.