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
Hayes Brown
uncontroversially
adverb
Hippies were photogenic, free love and the psychedelic style made good copy, and the music was uncontroversially great.
—Louis Menand
Louis Menand
Examples of uncontroversial in a Sentence
uncontroversial legislation, such as designating the cranberry the official state fruit
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Fortune's Geoff Colvin argues that politics are blowing the otherwise uncontroversial deal out of the water.
—Lindsey Leake, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
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Lindsey Leake, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
If even these relatively uncontroversial drone strikes do not further U.S. interests, that might cast doubt on drone strikes more generally.
—Anouk S. Rigterink, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2021
In 2015, two fairly uncontroversial American rock bands – Bon Jovi and Maroon 5 – both had planned shows in Beijing and Shanghai abruptly canceled.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
Zionism basically says three simple things that should be uncontroversial.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Uncontroversial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncontroversial. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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