disputable
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of disputable
1540–50; < Latin disputābilis, equivalent to disput- ( see dispute) + -ābilis -able
Example Sentences
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The statement is roughly as disputable as saying that fire is hot or water is wet.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 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
Tampa Bay’s third power-play goal of the game was set up after a disputable tripping penalty called against Stars captain Jamie Benn.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2020
Much of the language isn’t coherent enough to be specifically disputable.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2019
But none of his paintings are now to be found in that city; and even what remains of his in Carpi is of a very disputable character.
From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Antonio Lanzi
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