indubitable
adjective
in·du·bi·ta·ble
(ˌ)in-ˈdü-bə-tə-bəl 
-ˈdyü-
: too evident to be doubted : unquestionable
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There's no reason to question the fairly straightforward etymology of indubitable—a word that has remained true to its Latin roots. It arrived in Middle English in the 15th century from Latin indubitabilis, itself a combination of "in-" ("not") and "dubitabilis" ("open to doubt or question"). "Dubitabilis" is from the verb dubitare, meaning "to doubt," which also gave us our "doubt." The word dubitable also exists in English, and of course means "questionable or doubtable," but it is fairly rare.
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Examples of indubitable in a Sentence
the indubitable fact that there are no more woolly mammoths or saber-toothed tigers around
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Scott Nover, Quartz, 24 May 2023
There is all of a sudden one Way of Knowing which presents us with indubitable truths.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2010
In the 15 years that followed her country music debut, Swift has fully metamorphosed from Nashville darling into indubitable Queen of Pop.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
The indubitable charm of the movie is all the richer because it is tracked by quiet fears.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022
This makes indubitable sense since that truck could suddenly swerve into the lane of the self-driving car.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
By the way, using San Francisco as a testbed does make indubitable sense.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
Friendship has been through a plethora of trends since the beginning of lockdown: the Houseparty phase (an indubitable nightmare), the era of the Zoom pub quiz and, more recently, the rise of the WhatsApp voice note essay.
—Zoe Beaty, refinery29.com, 22 June 2020
Her character, Belle, feisty and tender, arrives late to the story but makes an indubitable impact.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2018
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indubitable
adjective
in·du·bi·ta·ble
(ˈ)in-ˈd(y)ü-bət-ə-bəl
: impossible to doubt : beyond question
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