contested

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contested

adjective more contested · most contested

Controversial; contentious; debated.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of contest

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Closest in meaning: contend, repugn, competition, controversial, contentious, controversy, dispute, disputed, disputable, debatable, conflicting, challenge, contradicted, opposed, subject, ambushed

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adj controversial

Español	contendido

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@misc{contested_2026,
  title = {contested},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contested},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}