disputable

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The statement is roughly as disputable as saying that fire is hot or water is wet.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2022

Tampa Bay’s third power-play goal of the game was set up after a disputable tripping penalty called against Stars captain Jamie Benn.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2020

How accountable are we for high school actions, when this is clearly a disputable high school action?

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2018

With two Tony Awards for best play, a Pulitzer Prize for drama and an award-showered HBO film by Mike Nichols, "Angels" is one of the less disputable modern classics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2018

Thus our definition of instants secures all that mathematics requires, without having to assume the existence of any disputable metaphysical entities.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand