Undoubted Meaning
/ʌnˈdaʊtɪd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjWithout doubt; without question; certain.
Sentence Examples
He had an undoubted skill and ability to score goals.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Her ____ talent for music was clear when she played the piano perfectly at age five.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The project was an ____ success, exceeding all of several expectations and achieving all of its goals today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English undouted, undoutid, equivalent to un- + doubted.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"More should I question thee, and more I must,
Though more to know could not be more to trust,
From whence thou camest, how tended on: but rest
Unquestion’d welcome and undoubted blest."
— c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
"Thou Spirit who ledſt this glorious Eremite
Into the Deſert, his Victorious Field
Againſt the Spiritual Foe, and broughtſt him thence
By proof the undoubted Son of God, […]"
— 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 1–2, lines 8–11:
"Of what he has particularly accused me I am ignorant; but of the truth of what I shall relate, I can summon more than one witness of undoubted veracity."
— 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 12, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
"The place of psychology in business is undoubted; whether it can prevail against more concrete and material facts, and if so, how long, remain debatable propositions."
— 1923 December 3, “Current Situation”, in Time:
"Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation."
— 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Her ____ talent for music was clear when she played the piano perfectly at age five.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The project was an ____ success, exceeding all of several expectations and achieving all of its goals today.