different between dependable vs undoubted

English

Etymology

depend +? -able

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [d??p?nd?b??]

Adjective

dependable (comparative more dependable, superlative most dependable)

1. Able, or easily able to be depended on.

   He was a very dependable person.

Translations

Noun

dependable (plural dependables)

1. A reliable person or thing.

English

Etymology

From Middle English undouted, undoutid, equivalent to un- +? doubted.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?da?t?d/
• Hyphenation: un?doubt?ed

Adjective

undoubted (comparative more undoubted, superlative most undoubted)

1. Without doubt; without question; certain.

   His undoubted skill meant that he was in much demand.

   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 1,^[1]

     More should I question thee, and more I must,

     Though more to know could not be more to trust,

     From whence thou camest, how tended on: but rest

     Unquestion’d welcome and undoubted blest.

   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Volume II, Chapter 12,^[2]

     Of what he has particularly accused me I am ignorant; but of the truth of what I shall relate, I can summon more than one witness of undoubted veracity.

   • 1923, “Current Situation,” Time, 3 December, 1923,^[3]

     The place of psychology in business is undoubted; whether it can prevail against more concrete and material facts, and if so, how long, remain debatable propositions.

Synonyms

• uncontested
• unquestioned
• undisputed
• doubtless

Derived terms

• undoubtedly