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in dispute
adjective as in controversial
adjective as in debatable
Strongest matches
adjective as in mootable
Weak matches
- arguable
- between rock and hard place
- between sixes and sevens
- betwixt and between
- bone of contention
- borderline
- chancy
- contestable
- contested
- disputable
- doubtful
- dubious
- exceptionable
- iffy
- moot
- open to question
- problematic
- problematical
- questionable
- the jury's out
- touch and go
- uncertain
- undecided
- unsettled
- up for discussion
adjective as in problematical
Weak matches
Example Sentences
They were also previously told by the prosecution that the accuracy of messages sent by Ms Batool to her sisters over a number of years was in dispute, as they only reflected what she was choosing to tell them.
The SPF have been in dispute with bosses regarding pay and conditions, particularly over the amount of extra hours being worked.
The gang was in dispute with the Amhurst Road gang and the events leading up to Ms Gordon's murder appeared to be "an escalation of violence towards anyone believed to be associated with the A-Road gang."
Managers at Ford are also in dispute with the company over pay but so far have only taken action short of a strike.
The sisters have their own interpretation of what took place in that room, but the consequences are not in dispute: Joan got pregnant, had an abortion and was shipped off to America, where she cut an album and then fell off the radar and into the drug scene, living an increasingly sketchy life against the beguiling beauty that inspired the Johnny Mercer song “The Hills of California.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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