unequivocal

English

Alternative forms

• unæquivocal (rare)

Etymology

From un- +‎ equivocal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/
• (General American) enPR: ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-kəl, IPA^(key): /ˌʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪvəkəl
• Hyphenation: un‧equiv‧o‧cal

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Adjective

unequivocal (comparative more unequivocal, superlative most unequivocal)

1. Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable

   I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.

   • 1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism:

     There exists no moral system under which there do not arise unequivocal cases of conflicting obligation.

   • 2011, M.A. Hayat, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, volume 5:

     Finally, in order to construct an integrated picture of genetic alterations in GBMs, the unequivocal alterations were mapped onto known gliomagenic pathways.

2. (possibly dated) Without equal, matchless.

   the unequivocal scope of the Golden Gate Bridge

Synonyms

• (unambiguous): definite, unambiguous, univocal; see also Thesaurus:explicit

Derived terms

• unequivocality
• unequivocally
• unequivocalness

Collocations

Adjectives often used with "unequivocal"

• evidence ― statement

Translations

without ambiguity

Bulgarian: недвусмислен (bg) (nedvusmislen) Catalan: inequívoc Chinese: Mandarin: 不含糊 (zh) (bù hánhu), 明確 / 明确 (zh) (míngquè) Czech: jednoznačný (cs) m Danish: utvivlsom (da) Dutch: eenduidig (nl), onmiskenbaar (nl), niet mis te verstane Finnish: yksiselitteinen (fi) French: sans équivoque German: unzweideutig (de), unmissverständlich (de), eindeutig (de), zweifelsfrei (de), unzweifelhaft (de), aufrichtig (de), uneingeschränkt (de) Greek: σαφής (el) m (safís), ξεκάθαρος (el) m (xekátharos), ρητός (el) m (ritós) Hungarian: egyértelmű (hu) Irish: aonchiallach Italian: inequivocabile (it) Japanese: 明確な (ja) (めいかくな, meikaku na), 一義的 (ichigiteki) Macedonian: недвосмислен m (nedvosmislen) Norwegian: utvilsom Persian: بی همتا (fa) Polish: jednoznaczny, niedwuznaczny, bezsprzeczny Portuguese: inequívoco (pt) Russian: недвусмы́сленный (ru) (nedvusmýslennyj), однозначный (ru) m (odnoznachnyj) Spanish: inequívoco Swedish: entydig (sv), omisskännlig (sv)

without equal

Bulgarian: несравним (bg) (nesravnim) Czech: bezkonkurenční Dutch: ongeëvenaard (nl) Finnish: verraton (fi) German: unerreicht (de), unvergleichlich Italian: senza eguali Macedonian: беспримерен m (besprimeren) Persian: صریح (fa) Portuguese: sem igual Serbo-Croatian: bez premca

Further reading

• “unequivocal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “unequivocal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.