debateable

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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

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

From US News • Mar. 4, 2016

Nevertheless, Operation Midland has - on the face of it - been at the centre of some debateable decisions, particularly with regard to Lord Bramall.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2016

Legal experts have said any actions Roush took on the bench after her original appointment expired Sept. 16 could be open to challenge by litigants because the legitimacy of her reappointment was debateable.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2016

The Trust Funds were not sufficient to build the School up afresh, with new Boarding-houses and new Class-rooms and it was a debateable question what site they should choose.

From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Bell, Edward Allen