adjective. ['dɪsˈpjuːtəd, dɪsˈpjuːtɪd'] subject to disagreement and debate.
1. Adjective You can withhold payment on the disputed amount, but you are responsible for any amount not in dispute. 2. Verb, past participle All of the department directors will act as judges if an answer is disputed.
1. They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other. - Henry Walter Bates
