dubitable
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du·bi·ta·ble
(do͞o′bĭ-tə-bəl, dyo͞o′-)adj.
Subject to doubt or question; uncertain.
[Latin dubitābilis, from dubitāre, to doubt; see doubt.]
du′bi·ta·bly adv.
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dubitable
(ˈdjuːbɪtəbəl)adj
open to doubt
[C17: from Latin dubitāre to doubt]
ˈdubitably adv
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du•bi•ta•ble
(ˈdu bɪ tə bəl, ˈdyu-)adj.
open to doubt; doubtful; uncertain.
du′bi•ta•bly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | dubitable - open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin" |
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dubitable
adjectiveNot affording certainty:
ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, inconclusive, indecisive, indeterminate, problematic, problematical, questionable, uncertain, unclear, unsure.
Informal: iffy.
Idioms: at issue, in doubt, in question.
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