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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈpjuːtɪd/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪsˈpjutɪd/
- Hyphenation: dis‧put‧ed
disputed (comparative more disputed, superlative most disputed)
- Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
The theory, though common, was widely disputed.- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[1], page 13:
The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.
- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[1], page 13:
- (of territory) Claimed by more than one sovereign state.
argued
- Danish: omstridt
- Finnish: kiistanalainen (fi)
- Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἀμφισβήτητος (amphisbḗtētos) - Hindi: विवादित (vivādit)
- Latin: decertatus
- Māori: kūraruraru
- Norwegian:
Bokmål: omstridt, omstridd
Nynorsk: omstridd - Russian: оспа́риваемый (ru) (ospárivajemyj), спо́рный (ru) (spórnyj)
- Swedish: omstridd (sv)
- Turkish: tartışılan, tartışmalı (tr)
disputed
- simple past and past participle of dispute
They disputed the issue loudly and vehemently.