debateable

Example Sentences

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Wilde described the penalty as "debateable" and suggested his team might lodge a protest, but was quick to credit Yee, saying he was "chuffed" for the 24-year-old.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2022

It is however debateable whether that provision really applies in this case.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2018

Its debateable how many of us really need Genican, for example, a device that scans rubbish's barcodes as it is thrown away in order to build up a shopping list of replacement items.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2017

Those may be debateable ideas in isolation, but they don't plug budget holes.

From US News • Mar. 4, 2016

There were for example her engagement ring and, still more debateable, certain other pre-nuptial trinkets Sir Isaac had given her.

From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)