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disputed

Syllables: dis·put·edUK/dɪsˈpjuːtɪd//dɪsˈpjutɪd/

disputed adjective: argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted. Also the simple past and past participle of dispute.

Adjective

disputed (comparative more disputed, superlative most disputed)

  1. Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
    • The theory, though common, was widely disputed.
    • The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 13
  2. Claimed by more than one sovereign state.
    • Claimed by both India and Pakistan since their independence in 1947, the 10,000-square-mile region known as Baltistan (population 224,000) is part of the disputed territory of Kashmir.1987 October, Galen Rowell, “Baltistan: The 20th Century Comes to Shangri-la”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 532

Also used as

disputed is also the simple past and past participle of dispute.

disputed meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Punjabi

disputed in Hindi

argued
विवादित vivādit

disputed in Marathi

विवादित

disputed in Urdu

متنازعہ, متنازع

disputed in Punjabi

ਵਿਵਾਦਗ੍ਰਸਤ
More languagesFewer languages
disputed in Odia
ବିବାଦଗ୍ରସ୍ତ
disputed in Nepali
विवादित

Forms of disputed

comparativemore disputed
superlativemost disputed

Words formed from disputed

Questions about disputed

What does disputed mean?
Disputed means argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
What is disputed in Hindi?
Disputed in Hindi is विवादित (vivādit). See Disputed meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is disputed?
Disputed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce disputed?
Disputed is pronounced /dɪsˈpjuːtɪd/ (UK).

Words near disputed in the dictionary

  1. dispute
  2. dispute resolution
  3. dispute resolution organization
  4. dispute resolution organizations
  5. dispute resolutions
  6. disputed
  7. disputedly
  8. disputeless
  9. disputer
  10. disputers
  11. disputes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disputed (page history and authors); disputed (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disputed (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disputed (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disputed (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disputed (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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