dubious
Example Sentences
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The step had dubious legal validity, since deep-sea areas are governed by treaties administered by the United Nations, rather than individual nations.
Breaking an Oscars record is usually a good thing, but Adrien Brody achieved a dubious honour when he won best actor in February.
From BBC
Lasorsa had just amassed 14,000 clients for personal injury lawsuits in one year using methods that, he now says, were legally dubious.
From Los Angeles Times
England's Billy Bates, who took 50 wickets between 1882 and 1887, all in Australia, has regained the dubious honour in the Test history books.
From Barron's
Some parents of children with autism, desperate for a remedy, have long reached for dubious and at times dangerous panaceas, including hyperbaric oxygen chambers and chelation therapy, used for the treatment of heavy metal poisoning.
From Salon
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