An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DEBATABLE
debatable, disputable
(adjective) capable of being disproved
arguable, debatable, disputable, moot
(adjective) open to argument or debate; “that is a moot question”
debatable, problematic, problematical
(adjective) open to doubt or debate; “If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
debatable (comparative more debatable, superlative most debatable)
Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.
Able to be debated; up for discussion.
Noun
debatable (plural debatables)
A topic that is open to debate.
Source: Wiktionary
De*bat"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. debatable. See Debate.]
Definition: Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. The Debatable Land or Ground, a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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