QUESTIONABLE
questionable, refutable, confutable, confutative
(adjective) able to be refuted
questionable
(adjective) subject to question; āquestionable motivesā; āa questionable reputationā; āa fire of questionable originā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
questionable (comparative more questionable, superlative most questionable)
Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
Of dubious respectability or morality.
(obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
Source: Wiktionary
Ques"tion*a*ble, a.
1. Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry. [R.] Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. Shak.
2. Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious. It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human body.T. Baker.
Syn.
– Disputable; debatable; uncertain; doubtful; problematical; suspicious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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