The phrase "a less contested" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the level of contestation or dispute regarding a particular issue or topic, indicating that it is not as heavily debated as another.
Example: "The proposal for the new park was met with a less contested response than the previous zoning changes."
Alternatives: "a less disputed" or "a less controversial".
Indeed, his politics of peace, reconciliation and non-racialism are regarded with skepticism by a new generation, whereas her radical focus on African nationalism, land reform and militance make her legacy a less contested one these days.
Leeville was settled by refugees, or, to use a less contested term, flood victims.
Does Sarkozy's elimination give her a less contested run, or will it expose the unpalatable aspects of her policies more starkly?
Bradwell was no less contested after the Romans left.
In another, though far less contested, victory for Washington's Republican leaders, House speaker John Boehner also comfortably won a primary for his Ohio district on Tuesday.
Given the overheated character of the debate, perhaps it is prudent to move toward less contested and more factual terrain, where it is possible to better understand what the fuss is all about.
Right: plasticity simulated with the centroidchasing algorithm, crowns are displaced into less contested spaces.
It would be particularly interesting to contrast findings for highly contested intersectoral policy issues with less contested ones.
The concept of quality assessment in relation to RCTs is much less contested and there is general agreement on criteria against which quality should be judged.
The sphere in which this right is to be exercised could hardly be less contested, at least in the western world.
Similar, if less contested, threats to those who have certain dealings with Iran and Libya have not brought down, or even low, the ayatollahs or Colonel Qaddafi.Last year brought also the "decertification" of Colombia (and, very nearly, of Paraguay, to that country's rage) in the war against drugs.
