as in questionable
giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged
some highly dubitable "evidence" that the stone tower was built by the Vikings
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Recent Examples of dubitable
Besides gathering leads and resources, Twitter has also emerged as a platform where doctors are exposing the inefficiencies of India’s dubitable healthcare processes, and the lack of transparency around it.
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Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dubitable
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Gordon will officially be listed as questionable for Sunday afternoon’s contest at Paycom Center, team sources told The Athletic.—
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The Trump Administration has unleashed a torrent of unconstitutional executive orders and other questionable legal actions; with many of them, its goal seems less to win in the end than to inflict as much damage as possible along the way.—
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Their dubious ‘reward’ for topping the league phase table was a matchup with another of the best teams on the continent, Paris Saint-Germain, who had underperformed in the league phase but were an obvious sleeping giant.—
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After the 2020 election, Fox took her off the air because her promotion of the false contention Dominion voting machines rigged the election against Trump became part of its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox. Pirro and Martin are not the only dubious department appointees.—
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Hours before tip-off, word spread that Gordon was doubtful to play and that this injury would take weeks to recover from.—
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Nonetheless, the stock has declined nearly 40% from its peak in 2024, as investors remain doubtful regarding these plans.—
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This is potentially problematic to some U.S. analysts, given Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s close ties with China.—
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The president’s high-profile and problematic approach to deportation, while politically popular with his constituency, costs a lot of money.—
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While trying to solve the mystery of the stalker, Reese becomes suspicious of Eros' friend and roommate, Peyton (Mirela Balić).—
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Aurora police received reports at about 3 p.m. Monday of a suspicious person trespassing at The Parking Spot in the 19900 block of East 56th Avenue, trying to break into vehicles and refusing to leave, according to a news release from the police department.—
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What is not debatable is that the US-Ukraine minerals deal, while hollow in immediate extractive gain for the US and in many respects a Trump defeat, heralds a new age.—
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Whether tariffs are good policy or not is debatable.—
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“Dubitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dubitable. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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