Disputable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disputable \Dis`pu*ta*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. disputabilis: cf. F.
     disputable. See {Dispute}, v. i.]
     1. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in
        question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful
        certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable
        opinions, propositions, points, or questions.


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              Actions, every one of which is very disputable.
                                                    --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. Disputatious; contentious. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disputable
       adj 1: capable of being disproved [syn: {debatable}]
       2: open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question" [syn:
          {arguable}, {debatable}, {moot}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "disputable":
     arguable, at issue, confutable, conjectural, contestable,
     controversial, controvertible, debatable, deniable, doubtable,
     doubtful, dubious, dubitable, iffy, in dispute, in doubt, in dubio,
     in question, mistakable, moot, open to doubt, open to question,
     problematic, questionable, refutable, speculative, suppositional,
     suspect, suspicious, uncertain, undecided, unsettled