debatable in English

adjective

1

open to discussion or argument.

it is debatable whether the country is coming out of recession

synonyms: arguable, disputable, questionable, open to question, controversial, contentious, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unsure, unclear, borderline, inconclusive, moot, unsettled, unresolved, unconfirmed, undetermined, undecided, up in the air, iffy

adjective

arguable, disputable, questionable, open to question, controversial, contentious, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unsure, unclear, borderline, inconclusive, moot, unsettled, unresolved, unconfirmed, undetermined, undecided, up in the air, iffy
moot, arguable, disputable
problematical, problematic
disputable

Use "debatable" in a sentence

1. Aging (debatable): Aging is a debatable issue when it comes to Brittleness

2. Amendable? The motion To amend is debatable when the motion to which it applies is debatable, only an amendment of first rank is Amendable Is a point of order debatable?

3. This is a highly debatable point.

4. Sexual Abstinence is a complex and a debatable issue.

5. It is an inherently debatable and changeable idea.

6. It is debatable whether nuclear weapons actually prevent war.

7. The value of some of the experiments is debatable.

8. Whether the object was used for rituals is highly debatable .

9. It's debatable whether or not the reforms have improved conditions.

10. Arguable (also: contentious, controversial, debatable, disputable, divisive, litigious, questionable, moot)

11. It is highly debatable whether conditions have improved for low-income families.

12. Cleavers is a worldwide native annual whose original origin is debatable

13. Mesenteric Panniculitis (MP): A Frequent Coincidental CT Finding of Debatable Clinical Significance

14. It's debatable whether this book is as good as her last.

15. And it's debatable whether it's Diophantus or whether it's Al- Khwārizmī',

16. It is debatable whether or not antibiotics would make any difference.

17. It is debatable whether calculating the price is an art or a science.

18. The advisability of using antique furniture in a hotel bedroom is debatable.

19. Whether the department has to play by the same rules is debatable.

20. The history of the Pointer, like many breeds, is a reasonably debatable topic.

21. But it is debatable whether this could be explicated in any meaningful way.

22. How much of this is based on migration of workers from other states is debatable.

23. The claim that aid is the answer to Third World poverty is then highly debatable.

24. How could an absolute obligation be justified on the basis of such debatable calculations?

25. A final qualification is that the issues we are pointing to here are thoroughly debatable.

26. It's debatable whether that statement is true or not but it was certainly pretty blatant.

27. Whether or not the government was right to arrest the protesters is an extremely debatable point.

28. They argued their actions had nothing to do with the riot, but I think that's debatable.

29. Another debatable question arises when one contemplates the whole biosphere, the conjoined life of the earth.

30. West and Branniest Olaf flails while debatable Guthry retelling her underworkers intramuscularly and aspersing perishably

31. Antonyms for Apodeictic include anApodeictic, answerable, arguable, contradictable, controvertible, debatable, disputable, doubtable, moot and negotiable

32. While it is debatable whether Martin deserved life imprisonment, he deliberately took a child's life.

33. How far is it reasonable to extrapolate these results to the non-poor is a highly debatable point.

34. It is important to note that the above interpretation of the ideological basis of Marxism and functionalism is debatable.

35. 10 synonyms for Controversial: disputed, contended, contentious, at issue, debatable, polemic, under discussion, open to question, hot-button, disputable

36. Land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; - often used figuratively; as, the Border land of science.

37. Aspartame and its metabolites are safe for T2D is still debatable due to a lack of consistent data

38. Whether his robust style of politics could unite the two halves of his own Party is altogether more debatable.

39. Whether companies would carry out their threat to emigrate is debatable, with the huge costs that it would entail.

40. Arguable: adjective at issue , contestable , controvertible , debatable , disputable , in dispute , in question , up for discussion Associated concepts: Arguable

41. Bloodsport claims to be "based on a true story", but how much of what's depicted is true is debatable

42. 24 Whether the Ipswich directors who watched him blow his top with the unwitting journalist believe that is debatable.

43. With the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Amnesties as a shield against accountability for international crimes have become a debatable prescription.

44. The Contrariety is excluded from the text to give it a solid frame which raises rather debatable points in it

45. It is more debatable whether differences which are the outcome of different job characteristics are the outcome of unequal treatment or not.

46. What is correct is always debatable, but "Babysitted" to me sounds at least "non-standard" if not "incorrect".

47. Does Hebrews 6:4-6 really say that it is impossible for “a believer who sins and Backslides” to be restored? That’s debatable

48. He also quoted National Institutes of Health bioethicist F.G. Miller, who argued in the Journal of Medical Ethics that ethical proscription against killing by doctors is "debatable."

49. Ambivalent adjective undecided, mixed, conflicting, opposed, uncertain, doubtful, unsure, contradictory, wavering, unresolved, fluctuating, hesitant, inconclusive, debatable, equivocal, vacillating, warring, irresolute He maintained an Ambivalent attitude to religion throughout his life.

50. Brogan is the transferred use of an Irish clan name from the sept “Ó Brógáin” (descendents of Brógáin) with debatable etymologies