unchallengeable
adjective
un·chal·lenge·able
ˌən-ˈcha-lən-jə-bəl 
: not able to be disputed, questioned, or challenged : not challengeable
an unchallengeable position of power
an unchallengeable right
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Examples of unchallengeable in a Sentence
the contention that there are certain unchallengeable rules governing proper grammar
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Unlike Biden, Trump’s intraparty position is nearly unchallengeable.
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The Editors, National Review, 3 July 2024
In the heady days after the Cold War, the order appeared both unchallenged and unchallengeable.
—Ivo Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
No longer having to play cosmetic chemist is an unchallengeable win.
—Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
Alternatively, maybe journalists and, later, historians, felt that to focus on the unsolved mystery of the break-in would somehow diminish the unchallengeable fact of Nixon’s guilt in the cover-up and various other scandals unearthed in the Watergate investigations and after.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 17 June 2022
This was rooted in a calculation that America’s greatest source of strength was global perceptions of the country as unchallengeable.
—Max Fisher, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
However, authoritarian leaders like Vladimir Putin and Mohammed bin Salman are both extremely personally wealthy in ways that are harder to calculate and also have unchallengeable access to the vast wealth of their nations.
—Sean O'Kane, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2021
Smith was daily saving the honor of the unchallengeable ruler: Big Brother.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 2 June 2021
Pence’s threat to sideline the rocket was intended as a warning to Boeing that its hold on the program was not unchallengeable.
—Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021
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The Editors, National Review, 3 July 2024
In the heady days after the Cold War, the order appeared both unchallenged and unchallengeable.
—Ivo Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
No longer having to play cosmetic chemist is an unchallengeable win.
—Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
Alternatively, maybe journalists and, later, historians, felt that to focus on the unsolved mystery of the break-in would somehow diminish the unchallengeable fact of Nixon’s guilt in the cover-up and various other scandals unearthed in the Watergate investigations and after.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 17 June 2022
This was rooted in a calculation that America’s greatest source of strength was global perceptions of the country as unchallengeable.
—Max Fisher, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
However, authoritarian leaders like Vladimir Putin and Mohammed bin Salman are both extremely personally wealthy in ways that are harder to calculate and also have unchallengeable access to the vast wealth of their nations.
—Sean O'Kane, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2021
Smith was daily saving the honor of the unchallengeable ruler: Big Brother.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 2 June 2021
Pence’s threat to sideline the rocket was intended as a warning to Boeing that its hold on the program was not unchallengeable.
—Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021
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“Unchallengeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unchallengeable. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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