unquestioned

unquestioned
/un kwes"cheuhnd/, adj.
1. not open to doubt or question; undisputed: Dante's poetic mastery remains unquestioned.
2. not inquired into, investigated, or interrogated: The eyewitness went unquestioned.
[1595-1605; UN-1 + QUESTION + -ED2]

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