uncontroversial

adjective

un·​con·​tro·​ver·​sial ˌən-ˌkän-trə-ˈvər-shəl 

-ˈvər-sē-əl

: not likely to be disputed or to cause strife or quarrel : not relating to or arousing controversy

an uncontroversial opinion

In all, Hagel should be an uncontroversial choice to head the Pentagon.

—Hayes Brown

uncontroversially adverb

Hippies were photogenic, free love and the psychedelic style made good copy, and the music was uncontroversially great.

—Louis Menand

Synonyms

• noncontroversial
• safe

Examples of uncontroversial in a Sentence

uncontroversial legislation, such as designating the cranberry the official state fruit

Recent Examples on the Web

Similarly, Alm’s name recognition and uncontroversial tenure, along with his stance against recreational marijuana legalization and efforts to combat crime in Waikiki, fortify his position. —Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024

Some of Goodhart and Pradhan’s predictions are uncontroversial: where populations shrink and grow older, health and pension costs will rise, burdening government budgets and slowing economic growth; some jobs will move to India and Africa where populations are still young. —Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022

As Alabama’s legislators well understood, this is no favor but rather a basic (and uncontroversial) act of civic responsibility. —The Editors, National Review, 28 May 2024

But the anti-squatting legislation is an easy, uncontroversial win in a tough election year. —Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above