Meaning of DEBATABLE
| Pronunciation: | | di'beytubul
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- [adj] capable of being disproved
- [adj] open to argument or debate
- [adj] open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"
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| | Synonyms: | | arguable, contestable, controversial, disputable, moot, problematic, problematical, questionable |
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| | Definition: | | \De*bat"a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. debatable. See {Debate}.]
Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or
contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable
question.
{The Debatable Land} or {Ground}, a tract of land between the
Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland;
the Batable Ground.
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| | Related Terms: | | arguable, at issue, confutable, conjectural, contestable, controversial, controvertible, deniable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, iffy, in dispute, in doubt, in dubio, in question, mistakable, moot, open to doubt, open to question, polemic, polemical, problematic, problematical, questionable, refutable, speculative, suppositional, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, undecided, unsettled, unsure |
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