"questionable" meaning in English

See questionable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənəbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-questionable.wav Forms: more questionable [comparative], most questionable [superlative]
Etymology: From question + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|question|able}} question + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} questionable (comparative more questionable, superlative most questionable)
  1. Problematic; open to doubt or challenge. Translations (problematic; open to doubt or challenge): спрэчны (sprečny) (Belarusian), съмнителен (sǎmnitelen) (Bulgarian), спорен (sporen) (Bulgarian), 可疑的 (kěyí de) (Chinese Mandarin), diskutabilní (Czech), tvivlsom (Danish), twijfelachtig (Dutch), kyseenalainen (Finnish), discutable (French), სადაო (sadao) (Georgian), fragwürdig (German), αμφισβητήσιμος (amfisvitísimos) (Greek), kétséges (Hungarian), problematico (Italian), questionabile (Italian), controverso (Italian), discutibile (Italian), opinabile (Italian), 疑わしい (utagawashii) (alt: うたがわしい) (Japanese), спо́рен (spóren) (Macedonian), سؤالبرانگیز (so'âl-bar-angiz) (Persian), froaglich (Plautdietsch), bedenkjlich (Plautdietsch), wątpliwy (Polish), sporny (Polish), kontrowersyjny (Polish), questionável (Portuguese), contestável (Portuguese), duvidoso (Portuguese), problemático (Portuguese), discutabil (Romanian), спо́рный (spórnyj) (Russian), ùpitan (Serbo-Croatian), tveksam (Swedish), tvivelaktig (Swedish)
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  2. Of dubious respectability or morality. Translations (of dubious respectability or morality): şübhəli (Azerbaijani), съмнителен (sǎmnitelen) (Bulgarian), 可疑的 (kěyí de) (Chinese Mandarin), twijfelachtig (Dutch), verdacht (Dutch), kyseenalainen (Finnish), douteux (French), საეჭვო (saeč̣vo) (Georgian), fragwürdig (German), zwiespältig (German), gewagt (German), verwegen (German), megkérdőjelezhető (Hungarian), dubbio (Italian), 疑わしい (utagawashii) (alt: うたがわしい) (Japanese), сомни́телен (somnítelen) (Macedonian), kontrowersyjny (Polish), questionável (Portuguese), dúbio (Portuguese), suspeito (Portuguese), сомни́тельный (somnítelʹnyj) (Russian), ùpitan (Serbo-Croatian), dudoso (Spanish), cuestionable (Spanish), controvertible (Spanish), sospechoso (Spanish), tveksam (Swedish), tvivelaktig (Swedish), dubiös (Swedish), suspekt (Swedish), misstänkt (Swedish), diskutabel (Swedish), disputabel (Swedish), diskuterbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-questionable-en-adj-gbUub0e~ Disambiguation of 'of dubious respectability or morality': 7 92 0
  3. (obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-questionable-en-adj-Q9BAHiDW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quæstionable [archaic] Derived forms: questionability, questionableness, questionably, unquestionability, unquestionable, unquestionableness, unquestionably

Alternative forms

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          "word": "contestável"
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          "text": "[…] he had a love of money—a sort of acquisitiveness, that led him into questionable dealings.",
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          "word": "საეჭვო"
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      "roman": "sadao",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "problematic; open to doubt or challenge",
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      "sense": "problematic; open to doubt or challenge",
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      "word": "contestável"
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      "word": "duvidoso"
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      "sense": "problematic; open to doubt or challenge",
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      "sense": "problematic; open to doubt or challenge",
      "word": "discutabil"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "problematic; open to doubt or challenge",
      "word": "ùpitan"
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      "sense": "problematic; open to doubt or challenge",
      "word": "tveksam"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "problematic; open to doubt or challenge",
      "word": "tvivelaktig"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "şübhəli"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sǎmnitelen",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "съмнителен"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěyí de",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "可疑的"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "twijfelachtig"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "verdacht"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "kyseenalainen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "douteux"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saeč̣vo",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "საეჭვო"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "fragwürdig"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "zwiespältig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "gewagt"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "verwegen"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "megkérdőjelezhető"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "dubbio"
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      "alt": "うたがわしい",
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      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "疑わしい"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "somnítelen",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "сомни́телен"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "kontrowersyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "questionável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "dúbio"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "suspeito"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "somnítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "сомни́тельный"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "ùpitan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "dudoso"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "cuestionable"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "controvertible"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "sospechoso"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "tveksam"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "tvivelaktig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "dubiös"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "suspekt"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "misstänkt"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "diskutabel"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "of dubious respectability or morality",
      "word": "disputabel"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.