disputable
Americanadjective
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
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
And because so many people listen, what Rogan says matters, sometimes leading otherwise more professionally boring journalists to write about the particular stuff he says that’s controversial or disputable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
Australia is, perhaps, the country from which we have a right to expect the fullest elucidation of these difficult and disputable problems.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
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