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
Synonyms for debatable
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questionable, uncertain, problematic, dubious, doubtful, arguable, moot, borderline, chancy, disputable, iffy, problematical, undecided, unsettled, contestableExamples from the Web for debatable
Contemporary Examples of debatable
Though this too is debatable given that 25,000 to 40,000 people a year die of influenza—the vast majority of them unvaccinated.
Some people may have thought that was worth the trade off; That's a debatable point.
Whether he would actually want to pay for the changes he calls for is debatable.
Whether history will repeat itself in that regard is debatable.
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July 10, 2014
Whether these observations actually meant anything substantial is debatable.
Historical Examples of debatable
In the debatable class there ought to be a definition of all disputed matters.
PhaedrusPlato
Then Socrates: The question would seem at any rate to be debatable.
The SymposiumXenophon
And the love-part of it seemed to him fixed: it didn't occur to him that that was debatable.
Now, it was singularly unfortunate that the question was ever debatable.
BonesEdgar Wallace
My hotel stands in the debatable land between the two districts.
GossamerGeorge A. Birmingham
debatable
debateable
- open to question; disputable
- law in dispute, as land or territory to which two parties lay claim
Word Origin and History for debatable
1530s (late 15c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French debatable (Modern French débattable), from debatre (see debate (v.)). Earliest references were to lands claimed by two nations; general sense is from 1580s.