arguable

adjective

ar·gu·able | \ ˈär-gyü-ə-bəl

Definition of arguable

1 : not certain or clearly true : open to argument, dispute, or question an arguable point

2 : able to be plausibly or convincingly argued —used to say that there are good reasons for believing that a statement is true It's arguable that catching [in baseball] today is far more difficult than it was in the 1950s, primarily because the running game is now so dominant.— Peter Gammons

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That word's pronunciation is arguable. That is an arguable point of view.

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