How to Use uncontroversial in a Sentence

uncontroversial

adjective

• In the book, Sasse goes far out of his way to be uncontroversial and extend his appeal across the board.
  — Malcolm Harris, New Republic, 21 June 2017
• Drag of this kind was uncontroversial and all around me back then.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
• This ought to have been one of the few uncontroversial issues.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
• Mr Elmer was born in 1955 and his early years seemed to set the stage for an uncontroversial career.
  — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
• Not that long ago, this would have been seen as uncontroversial.
  — Michael R. Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2019
• Off the field, Johnson is about as uncontroversial as a player can be.
  — Bob Baum, The Seattle Times, 25 May 2017
• It’s a shortcut, a way to fast-track something that should be uncontroversial.
  — Editorial Dallas Morning News, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
• Most of the law in question, passed on August 2nd, is uncontroversial.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
• There was never a time when the Nobel Peace Prize was uncontroversial.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Mar. 2021
• Voting by mail has been an option offered in Ohio for more than a decade, and has been uncontroversial in recent years.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2020
• In short, the idea that a commission would be useful should be uncontroversial.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 20 May 2021
• No surprise, maybe, given the uncontroversial theme: The US needs to prepare workers for the future.
  — Brian Barrett, Wired, 7 Jan. 2020
• Most of this part of Roberts’s opinion is uncontroversial.
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2024
• Start with uncontroversial topics—even small talk about work or the weather.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 30 June 2022
• Politicians, left and right, come for uncontroversial attention (and a few for the music).
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 4 Sep. 2017
• The simple fact is that the Queen is too good at being royal, bland, uncontroversial and dully inscrutable.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2019
• The opening of the United States’ embassy in Jerusalem was never going to be uncontroversial.
  — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 14 May 2018
• At the core of job guarantee plans is what should be, in theory, an uncontroversial idea: that everyone who wants a job should be able to get one.
  — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
• Plenty of the changes in the strategy are uncontroversial.
  — The Economist, 14 June 2019
• This much is uncontroversial, even though it may not be thought relevant—or polite, perhaps—to talk about it.
  — Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2020
• In years past, this might have been seen as an uncontroversial and boring change to the law that is of interest only to financial businesses based in the state.
  — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• But the biggest surprise of all turned out to be how uncontroversial the nominations were, as many of the results lined up with our predictions from two weeks ago.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2021
• Neely’s bill had been filed early in the session, but struggled to get out of the usually uncontroversial House Rules committee in April.
  — Tessa Weinberg, kansascity, 18 May 2018
• The Chinese government is in the process of pushing tech firms out of the news business, even in seemingly uncontroversial areas as sports.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021
• On Ninth Street one of the places poised for development is a parking lot, which ought to be entirely uncontroversial.
  — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2022
• Kruse: Again the ERA starts out seeming uncontroversial.
  — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2019
• Much of what Biden has said and done has been uncontroversial, and she's had few tricky shoals to navigate in terms of race, feminism or immigrant background.
  — USA Today, 27 Apr. 2021
• Where the Spartans are ranked on Tuesday evening will impact the landing spot for several teams outside of what should be an uncontroversial top four.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2021
• The two primary contenders have differing — but uncontroversial — plans for the job.
  — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2024
• In Denmark — tiny, tidy, highly taxed — the policy is uncontroversial.
  — Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024