debatable
open to question; in dispute; doubtful: Whether or not he is qualified for the job is debatable.
capable of being debated.
Origin of debatable
1Other words for debatable
Other words from debatable
- non·de·bat·a·ble, adjective
- un·de·bat·a·ble, adjective
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How to use debatable in a sentence
It’s debatable how strongly a culture of social conformism can impact technological innovation, and of course there can be exceptions.
China Wants to Be the World’s AI Superpower. Does It Have What It Takes? | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | January 17, 2021 | Singularity HubIt’s debatable, of course, just how much Fox News can do at this point to stop that madness that it has spent decades nursing.
It’s debatable whether the on-field results would have been much different.
NFL Week 10 power rankings: Saints move up on the heels of the Steelers and Chiefs | Mark Maske | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostThey took over at the New Orleans 21-yard line and were handed a first down at the 1 on a debatable pass interference call against the Saints in the end zone.
Tom Brady and the Bucs were no match, again, for Drew Brees and the Saints | Mark Maske | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostIn the audiobook “Fauci,” veteran journalist Michael Specter does not soar over the bar, and it is debatable whether his work can best be termed a biography, though it contains many biographical elements.
Familiar Fauci anecdotes, told with a Brooklyn accent | Amy Goldstein | October 30, 2020 | Washington Post
Though this too is debatable given that 25,000 to 40,000 people a year die of influenza—the vast majority of them unvaccinated.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers | Kent Sepkowitz | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSome people may have thought that was worth the trade off; That's a debatable point.
Rand Paul Beats Ted Cruz, Saves NSA From ‘Reform’ | Tim Mak, Olivia Nuzzi | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet his narrative is gripping, perceptive, and moving at times, even if his conclusions are highly debatable.
How Gary Hart Became the First Political Sex Scandal Casualty | Lloyd Grove | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhether he would actually want to pay for the changes he calls for is debatable.
Whether history will repeat itself in that regard is debatable.
Dallas’s Bishop Arts District Brings European Flavor To The Texas Heartland | Pete Freedman | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFour days since Baron Gaston went upon the debatable land to lay a hound; with him only Gaspar, the huntsman.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisTergawar has always been a land of war, even when it was not a debatable land between Turkey and Persia.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramThe debatable question is, was the "demon," or the actual expanse of sky, first in evolution?
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew LangAnd they are great on 'Salix;' and have a good many quarrels over that and other debatable subjects too.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice HarradenWhether Russia is a place to go is another of those debatable questions and I feel that the same conclusion holds good.
When Winter Comes to Main Street | Grant Martin Overton
British Dictionary definitions for debatable
debateable
/ (dɪˈbeɪtəbəl) /
open to question; disputable
law in dispute, as land or territory to which two parties lay claim
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