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单词 questionable
释义
questionable
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adj

Something that's questionable is uncertain or hard to believe. If a politician says things you doubt are true, you might describe his words as questionable.
You might say that it's questionable whether you'll reach your goal of getting straight A's in school, or secretly believe that everything your history teacher says is slightly questionable. In either case, you're highly doubtful. You can even describe a person as questionable, if he or she doesn't strike you as completely honest. The original meaning of the word was "that may be interrogated," from the Latin root word quaestionem, "a seeking, inquiry, questioning, or examination."
WORD FAMILY
questionable: questionablest, questionably, unquestionable+/question: questionable, questioned, questioner, questioning, questions/questioned: unquestioned/questioner: questioners/questioning: questioningly, questionings, unquestioning/unquestionable: unquestionability, unquestionableness, unquestionably/unquestionably: unquestionablys/unquestioning: unquestioningly
USAGE EXAMPLES
We might wonder at our ability to look past some questionable expressions of character.
Salon(Jan 02, 2017)
Lax enforcement by key federal agencies and questionable judgments from the D.C.
Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)
Bengals: Running back Jeremy Hill was inactive with a knee injury after being listed as questionable.
Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)
1adj subject to question
questionable motives
a questionable reputation
a fire of questionable origin
Syn|Ant
contestable
capable of being contested
alleged, so-called, supposed
doubtful or suspect
apocryphal
being of questionable authenticity
debatable, problematic, problematical
open to doubt or debate
doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in question
open to doubt or suspicion
equivocal
open to question
fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious
not as expected
impugnable
subject to being discredited
self-styled, soi-disant
as claimed by and for yourself often without justification
unquestionable
incapable of being questioned
incontestable, incontestible
incapable of being contested or disputed
undeniable
not possible to deny
acknowledged
generally accepted
beyond doubt, indubitable
too obvious to be doubted
for sure
not open to doubt
mathematical
beyond question
unimpeachable
beyond doubt or reproach
2adj able to be refuted
Syn
confutable, confutative, refutable
deniable
capable of being denied or contradicted
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