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Incontrovertible means the evidence is so strong that honest disagreement is unreasonable. Use it in argument instead of certain when you are staking a claim on proof. In speech undeniable is plainer; incontrovertible can sound like a courtroom speech.

Meaning

Impossible to deny because the evidence is so strong.

Examples

• “The photographs were incontrovertible proof.”
• “The footage provided incontrovertible evidence.”
• “That the bridge failed is incontrovertible; why it failed is not.”

Good to know

Cannot reasonably be denied. Everyday: undeniable.

Near in meaning

undeniable

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