"questionable" meaning in English

See questionable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənəbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-questionable.wav [US] Forms: questionable [positive], more questionable [comparative], most questionable [superlative]
Etymology: question + -able Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|question|able}} question + -able Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is questionable it is easy to question. That is, it is not likely to be true, and might be false.
    Sense id: simple-questionable-en-adj-FAmm1yKq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -able
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