Definitions

debatable

[dih-bey-tuh-buhl] / dɪˈbeɪ tə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

controversial

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arguable doubtful dubious moot problematic questionable uncertain

WEAK

between rock and hard place between sixes and sevens betwixt and between bone of contention borderline chancy contestable disputable iffy in dispute mootable open to question problematical the jury's out touch and go undecided unsettled up for discussion

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain clear decided definite proven resolved settled sure unquestionable

WEAK

inarguable incontrovertible indubious questionable uncontestable undoubted

Example Sentences

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In the final issue of our newsletter Debatable, which offered sharp arguments on pressing issues, we look back on some standout editions.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Debatable: To ensure that no candidate is left behind, Fox News has lowered the qualifying bar for the first Republican debate of the 2016 presidential campaign, Politico reports.

From US News • Jul. 29, 2015

Debatable it is, but—like some percentage of all good Slatepitches—it’s probably also true.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2013

Debatable, obviously, but what 21st century musician hasn’t been confronted by a sense of creative gridlock in the superabundance of the information age?

From Washington Post

The shrill wind fled by— ...the noise of a drive of the Dead, Striving before the irresistible will Through the strange dusk of this, the Debatable land Between their place and ours.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

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