adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a questionable assumption (= one that is likely to be wrong )
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That assumption was obviously highly questionable.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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highly
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Whether that is so in other societies, which is highly questionable , is irrelevant.
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However, she makes two highly questionable assumptions that must be challenged.
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In fact, it is highly questionable whether the royal use of these powers had been illegal.
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Such a view seems highly questionable .
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To most people today the prophecy about the second coming seems deranged and the other about everlasting life highly questionable .
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These are, however, highly questionable principles in the moral and practical minefield of child care policy.
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The cogency of this prescriptive analysis is highly questionable .
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Now, it happens that is a very controversial and highly questionable economic proposition.
more
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Even more questionable is the significance of the king's conversion for his people.
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What is more questionable , however, is whether it is possible to extend the direct response approach indiscriminately.
very
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Whether this subsection applies to insider dealing is very questionable .
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Furthermore, the coincidence of inflation and unemployment makes the Keynesian policy recommendations very questionable .
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Tumin regards this as a very questionable assumption.
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There is a further sense in which a lack of access by land-users renders the aggregate view very questionable .
■ NOUN
assumption
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However, she makes two highly questionable assumptions that must be challenged.
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What do you think is the most sensible assumption and the most questionable assumption of conservatism?
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However, this is a rather questionable assumption .
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This argument seems to me to be based on several questionable assumptions .
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For some questionable assumptions are being made.
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This argument of course relies on the questionable assumption that eye movements adequately describe the distribution of attention to a stimulus.
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Tumin regards this as a very questionable assumption .
decision
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Which rather begs the question-shouldn't there be a governing body that regulates such questionable decisions ?
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There was the questionable decision to bring former Raiders coach Tom Flores out of retirement and back on to the field.
value
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Without them, the ships are of questionable value .
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Try to avoid forcing your reviewer to read through voluminous material of questionable value to him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Barton has been involved in some questionable financial deals.
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It is questionable whether the advertisements will increase sales.
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The conclusions of the survey are questionable because the research was based on a very small sample of people.
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The picture's value is questionable .
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The research is questionable because the sample used was very small.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Equally questionable esthetically is the dashboard, which has a look of being pieced together from assorted parts.
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His dream had finally run out in an Arabian nightmare of high living and questionable favours.
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How benign these films are, though, is questionable .
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If the lab results are questionable , a patient may be asked to return for another test.
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It seems to me questionable that Ruether is herself theistic.
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The value of such a simple dichotomy is questionable .
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There was the questionable decision to bring former Raiders coach Tom Flores out of retirement and back on to the field.