QUESTIONABLE


Meaning of QUESTIONABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwes-chə-nə-bəl, ˈkwesh-, in rapid speech ]

ˈkwesh-nə- adjective

Date: 1580

1. obsolete : inviting inquiry

2. obsolete : liable to judicial inquiry or action

3. : affording reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged : not certain or exact : problematic

milk of questionable purity

a questionable decision

4. : attended by well-grounded suspicions of being immoral, crude, false, or unsound : dubious

questionable motives

Synonyms: see doubtful

• ques·tion·able·ness noun

• ques·tion·ably -blē adverb

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