dubious

How to use dubious in a sentence

• In the second strand of the book, he explores his life as an actor, and here the focus is not on rehashing his many achievements, but rather on the dubious nature of fame and on self-doubt.

  Gabriel Byrne’s ‘Walking with Ghosts’ is a revelation in unexpected ways | Keith Donohue | January 12, 2021 | Washington Post

• The most compelling case for national greatness, if you’re playing that game, is that the country is ironically great, in that it started with dubious ideals but, fortunately, failed to realize them.

  We teach students how to understand the U.S., not to love it — or hate it | Daniel Immerwahr | December 23, 2020 | Washington Post

• In some cases, right-leaning figures and news sites pushed the disinformation, as well as dubious websites and followers of bogus conspiracy theory QAnon.

  Vaccine hoaxes are rampant on social media. Here’s how to spot them. | Rachel Lerman | December 18, 2020 | Washington Post

• Even in a plague, a company with a morally dubious track record has to be treated with great caution concerning its claims.

  As China nears a coronavirus vaccine, bribery cloud hangs over drugmaker Sinovac | Eva Dou | December 4, 2020 | Washington Post

• As the vote counts come in and vote shares shift, some “influencers”—people with many followers in the media and on social media—have been questioning, with dubious evidence, the results and the voting process in battleground states.

  Five election misinformation campaigns to avoid resharing | By Starbird, West, & DiResta/The Conversation | November 6, 2020 | Popular-Science