as in safe
unlikely to provoke controversy or offense
uncontroversial legislation, such as designating the cranberry the official state fruit
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Recent Examples of uncontroversial
The internet of things, a term Ashton coined in the late 1990s to describe how everyday devices embedded with sensors would connect the real world with its virtual counterpart, has given us useful and fairly uncontroversial applications — think satnav, earthquake alarms, and package tracking.
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Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
For teachers who are not particularly political but work in a politicized system, social justice frameworks feel familiar and uncontroversial.
—Dana Stangel-Plowe, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026
But aside from calling for some bland common sense regulations that should be uncontroversial to any sane person, Roher doesn’t attempt to make anyone agree with him.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
This should be uncontroversial in academia.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
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Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
For teachers who are not particularly political but work in a politicized system, social justice frameworks feel familiar and uncontroversial.
—Dana Stangel-Plowe, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026
But aside from calling for some bland common sense regulations that should be uncontroversial to any sane person, Roher doesn’t attempt to make anyone agree with him.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
This should be uncontroversial in academia.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontroversial
Adjective
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Musk cofounded OpenAI as a nonprofit dedicated to creating safe AI, but Altman later launched a for-profit subsidiary and is now gearing up for an IPO.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Albanese noted that despite concluding that risks to Australian Jews were rising, the report found that no urgent changes were required to keep Australians safe.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But supporters of the bills — and the agency’s work — frame the legislation, which would largely affect port authorities across the state, as noncontroversial.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
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This is particularly true about public education, which used to be noncontroversial.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Uncontroversial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontroversial. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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