Debatable

[dɪˈbeɪtəbəɫ] · adjective

Meaning

Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed..

Definitions by Sense

1. Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.
2. Able to be debated; up for discussion.
3. A topic that is open to debate.

Example Sentences

Those data are debatable: no one has been able to replicate them.

It's debatable whether he is the best candidate for the position.

While the SCP universe is, of course, filled with things that we would certainly not consider "real", most of the SCPs are tangible or perceivable in some way. There are those concepts, however, whose reality is debatable, even to the SCP Foundation, begging them to ask the question of what, exactly, is real.

There’s been a change in President Donald Trump. He used to say he had accomplished more than any other President, a debatable claim. But now he’s using messianic language about himself.

The lack of bonuses this year is not debatable.

Just how many glaucoma patients there are in the United States and just how prevalent is the disease are two unknowns or at least two debatables.

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• more debatable
• most debatable
• debateable
• debatables

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