adjective of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
open to question or dispute; doubtful or uncertain: a statement of questionable accuracy. open to question as to being of the nature or value suggested: a questionable privilege. Origin of questionable First recorded in
1580–90; question +
-able Related forms ques·tion·a·ble·ness , ques·tion·a·bil·i·ty , noun ques·tion·a·bly , adverb Synonyms for questionable Antonyms for questionable Dictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for questionability adjective (esp of a person's morality or honesty) admitting of some doubt; dubious
of disputable value or authority a questionable text
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Derived Forms questionableness or questionability , noun questionably , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for questionability adj. 1580s, "that may be interrogated;" c.1600, "open to dispute, doubtful," from question (v.) + -able . Deprecatory sense of "dubious in character" is attested from 1806. Related: Questionably .
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