1
as in questionable
giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged
a speech full of disputable generalizations about people
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2
as in debatable
open to question or dispute
all disputable claims must be referred to the committee
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disputable
Adjective
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Gordon will officially be listed as questionable for Sunday afternoon’s contest at Paycom Center, team sources told The Athletic.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
17 May 2025 -
The Trump Administration has unleashed a torrent of unconstitutional executive orders and other questionable legal actions; with many of them, its goal seems less to win in the end than to inflict as much damage as possible along the way.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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What is not debatable is that the US-Ukraine minerals deal, while hollow in immediate extractive gain for the US and in many respects a Trump defeat, heralds a new age.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Whether tariffs are good policy or not is debatable.—
Vicki Abeles,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Their dubious ‘reward’ for topping the league phase table was a matchup with another of the best teams on the continent, Paris Saint-Germain, who had underperformed in the league phase but were an obvious sleeping giant.—
James Nalton,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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After the 2020 election, Fox took her off the air because her promotion of the false contention Dominion voting machines rigged the election against Trump became part of its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox. Pirro and Martin are not the only dubious department appointees.—
Carl Leubsdorf,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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This is potentially problematic to some U.S. analysts, given Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s close ties with China.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
14 May 2025
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The president’s high-profile and problematic approach to deportation, while politically popular with his constituency, costs a lot of money.—
Veronique de Rugy,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Hours before tip-off, word spread that Gordon was doubtful to play and that this injury would take weeks to recover from.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Nonetheless, the stock has declined nearly 40% from its peak in 2024, as investors remain doubtful regarding these plans.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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While trying to solve the mystery of the stalker, Reese becomes suspicious of Eros' friend and roommate, Peyton (Mirela Balić).—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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Aurora police received reports at about 3 p.m. Monday of a suspicious person trespassing at The Parking Spot in the 19900 block of East 56th Avenue, trying to break into vehicles and refusing to leave, according to a news release from the police department.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
13 May 2025
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“Disputable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disputable. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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