dubious
Example Sentences
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The dialogue between managers and the public investment community therefore becomes performative theater, revolving around quarterly earnings estimates even though both sides are dubious about the long-run significance of those earnings.
From Barron's
But when tragic circumstances cut short his money-making scheme, Skipton tries to sell dubious art to an equally suspect Italian count.
The step had dubious legal validity, since deep-sea areas are governed by treaties administered by the United Nations, rather than individual nations.
Breaking an Oscars record is usually a good thing, but Adrien Brody achieved a dubious honour when he won best actor in February.
From BBC
Lasorsa had just amassed 14,000 clients for personal injury lawsuits in one year using methods that, he now says, were legally dubious.
From Los Angeles Times
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