questionable

[ kwes-chuh-nuh-buhl ]

/ ˈkwɛs tʃə nə bəl /

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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.

OPPOSITES FOR questionable

1 certain.

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Origin of questionable

First recorded in 1580–90; question + -able

How to use questionable in a sentence

His government continues to endorse questionable treatments for the virus.
50 million world Covid-19 cases: The biggest outbreaks, explained|Christina Animashaun|November 9, 2020|Vox
He had been listed as questionable on the team’s injury report because of a calf injury but is available to play.
Ravaged by injuries and coronavirus issues, the 49ers had little chance against the Packers|Mark Maske|November 6, 2020|Washington Post
Fellow Falcons wideout Calvin Ridley left the game with an ankle injury and is questionable to return.
Teddy Bridgewater shakes off 'cheap shot,’ but Falcons keep it together to hold off Panthers|Mark Maske|October 30, 2020|Washington Post
The most questionable line items we came across were a series of purchases made by the Illinois State Police.
The Questionable Line Items of Illinois’ COVID-19 Spending|by Ash Ngu|October 29, 2020|ProPublica

When you put all this info together in 150,000 words, the ethics are quite questionable from the employee level to the CEO level.
Former Facebook employee’s new book exposes Big Tech’s dirty secrets|Danielle Abril|October 25, 2020|Fortune
More questionably, it seems not to be the place for addressing textual issues.
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|May 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The unjust steward was a knave, but he was in earnest; and so was the questionably honest man who found treasure in a field.
The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire|T. R. Glover
Trionyx carinatus is questionably listed as a synonym of ferox by Stejneger (1944:27).
North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae)|Robert G. Webb
Webb and Legler (1960:24) questionably referred this record to the synonomy of T. ater, which resembles muticus.
North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae)|Robert G. Webb
His powers and purposes are questionably beneficent, at best.
Doctor Grimshawe's Secret|Nathaniel Hawthorne
Plumage exactly like that of Kumlien Gull and questionably a new species.
The Bird Book|Chester A. Reed

British Dictionary definitions for questionable

questionable

/ (ˈkwɛstʃənəbəl) /

adjective

(esp of a person's morality or honesty) admitting of some doubt; dubious

of disputable value or authoritya questionable text

Derived forms of questionable

questionableness or questionability, nounquestionably, adverb

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