disputable
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adjective
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Etymology
Origin of disputable
1540–50; < Latin disputābilis, equivalent to disput- ( see dispute) + -ābilis -able
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In 2017, European Athletics proposed wiping out records set before 2005 - sending a strong signal that records set before then were disputable.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Do the plaintiffs really think the California Medical Board can’t distinguish between disputable treatment modes and scientifically validated results?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
The statement is roughly as disputable as saying that fire is hot or water is wet.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2022
But one less disputable aspect of Netflix’s platform is its ability to foster non-English global hits.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
It is on less disputable ground that I may claim the reader's gratitude to the mountains, as having been the centres not only of imaginative energy, but of purity both in doctrine and practice.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin
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