Used in a Sentence

uncontroversial

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for uncontroversial.

Editorial note

Obviously, such a community would self-select for safe, uncontroversial content, and tend towards reposting things which have proven uncontroversial elsewhere.

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Quick take

Not controversial.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of uncontroversial gathered in one view.

adjective

Not controversial.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for uncontroversial.

Example sentences

1

Obviously, such a community would self-select for safe, uncontroversial content, and tend towards reposting things which have proven uncontroversial elsewhere.

2

I check that the system is now doing what it should be doing That all seems pretty uncontroversial, I hope.

3

But as sometimes happens in US politics, the uncontroversial reform is held hostage to the controversial one.

4

On the other hand, many laws get passed and are uncontroversial when they are enacted but become controversial later.

5

The amount of testing behind association tests is pretty large, it's uncontroversial at this point.

6

Trying to control prices directly has a track record of backfiring horribly, for reasons which are well understood by economists and uncontroversial.

7

It is easy to say racists are trolls, it's uncontroversial for the most part.

8

Otherwise central planning in the small with the likes of cooperatives or business plans is pretty uncontroversial, as they harbor less externalities.

9

I am not well-versed in dendroclimatology, but I believe this issue is described here and is uncontroversial: Briffa, K.

10

I believe it is uncontroversial among linguists to regard spoken Hindi and Urdu as regional dialects of the same language.

11

I know there are laws that are uncontroversial, but if so then there wouldn't be a problem with getting them renewed.

12

The way the banks were bailed out is, shall we say, less than uncontroversial.

Quote examples

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The "uncontroversial" bit is exactly what is standing in the way of finding a solution.

2

Much of the first two sentences of this had been advanced in the US prior to Obama, and is fairly (with "present" in the 1848 sense!) uncontroversial.

3

Somehow it seems uncontroversial when someone finds a group of, say, fans of their favorite team (or rock band) and says, "now I am with my people!" Is there some peculiar difference in regards to books or maths jokes?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use uncontroversial in a sentence?

Obviously, such a community would self-select for safe, uncontroversial content, and tend towards reposting things which have proven uncontroversial elsewhere.

What does uncontroversial mean?

Not controversial.

What part of speech is uncontroversial?

uncontroversial is commonly used as adjective.