Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
subject to disagreement and debate;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dispute \Dis*pute"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disputed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Disputing.] [OE. desputen, disputen, OF. desputer,
disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- +
putare to clean; hence, fig., to clear up, set in order,
reckon, think. See Putative, Pure.]
To contend in argument; to argue against something
maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to
reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
[1913 Webster]
Therefore disputed [reasoned, --Rev. Ver.] he in
synagogue with the Jews. --Acts xvii.
17.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disputed
adj 1: subject to disagreement and debate
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "disputed":
belied, confounded, confuted, contested, deflated, denied,
disbelieved, discarded, discredited, dismissed, disproved, doubted,
exploded, exposed, impugned, invalidated, mistrusted, moot,
negated, negatived, overthrown, overturned, punctured, questioned,
refuted, rejected, shown up, suspect, suspected, under a cloud,
under suspicion, upset