unopposed

adjective

un·​op·​posed ˌən-ə-ˈpōzd 

1

: not opposed

an unopposed invasion

: having no opponent

a politician who is running for election unopposed

2

medical : being or relating to estrogen replacement therapy in which a progestin (such as medroxyprogesterone acetate) is not coadministered to reduce the potential risks (such as endometrial cancer) associated with estrogen used alone

A woman who has had her uterus removed can take the estrogen "unopposed"—that is, without the addition of progestin.

—Consumer Reports

Examples of unopposed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In that case, finding a panel of jurors unopposed to capital punishment took around five months, indicating Mangione’s federal trial could play out late into Trump’s second term. —Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025

Nakina Flores is running unopposed as Greater Homewood’s village clerk candidate, as incumbent Marilyn Thomas is not seeking reelection. —Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025

By February 15, M23 fighters walked unopposed into Bukavu, eastern Congo’s second-largest city, 60 miles south of Goma on Lake Kivu’s southern shore. —Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025

Maxwell Chambers, the Seat 1 commissioner, was elected unopposed. —Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for unopposed

• misdiagnosed
• overexposed
• superimposed
• undecomposed
• apposed
• bulldozed
• composed
• deposed
• disclosed
• disposed
• enclosed
• exposed

Medical Definition

unopposed

adjective

un·​op·​posed -ə-ˈpōzd 

: being or relating to estrogen replacement therapy in which a progestin (as medroxyprogesterone acetate) is not coadministered to reduce the potential risks (as endometrial cancer) associated with estrogen used alone