Questionable
adjective
Not certain, doubtful or without sure proof.
The team's ability to win the championship is questionable.
Often appears as...
- questionable ability
- questionable credibility
adjective
Not good in quality or character.
His taste in fashion is quite questionable.
Often appears as...
- questionable taste
- questionable judgement
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Disapproving
adjective
Causing someone to have doubts about something.
Her attendance record is questionable.
Often appears as...
- questionable record
- questionable behavior
adjective
Doing or saying something that might not be morally right.
His questionable ethics led to his downfall.
Often appears as...
- questionable ethics
- questionable intentions
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Not certain, doubtful or without sure proof.
The team's ability to win the championship is questionable.
Often appears as...
- questionable ability
- questionable credibility
adjective
Not good in quality or character.
His taste in fashion is quite questionable.
Often appears as...
- questionable taste
- questionable judgement
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Causing someone to have doubts about something.
Her attendance record is questionable.
Often appears as...
- questionable record
- questionable behavior
adjective
Doing or saying something that might not be morally right.
His questionable ethics led to his downfall.
Often appears as...
- questionable ethics
- questionable intentions
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Expressing Doubt
Use 'questionable' when you're unsure about the truth or effectiveness of something.
The healer's methods were questionable and unproven.
Pro Tip 2/2Lacking Evidence
Apply 'questionable' when something seems false or lacks evidence.
The authenticity of the artifact is questionable.
Pro Tip 1/2Expressing Doubt
Use 'questionable' when you're unsure about the truth or effectiveness of something.
The healer's methods were questionable and unproven.
Pro Tip 2/2Lacking Evidence
Apply 'questionable' when something seems false or lacks evidence.
The authenticity of the artifact is questionable.
Pro Tip 1/2Expressing Doubt
Use 'questionable' when you're unsure about the truth or effectiveness of something.
The healer's methods were questionable and unproven.
Pro Tip 2/2Lacking Evidence
Apply 'questionable' when something seems false or lacks evidence.
The authenticity of the artifact is questionable.
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Gary Lauder's new...
But they are not applicable in all situations. So, take, for example, the three-way intersection. So, it's logical that you'd have one there, on the minor road entering the major. But the other two are somewhat questionable. So, here's one. There's another one which I studied. Cars rarely appear on that third road.
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My photographs bear...
I tried to imagine myself in their place, and I was totally humbled by their courage and determination in the face of such catastrophic loss. Good people had been put in a very bad situation for questionable results. One day in rehab someone, started talking about surfing
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or, if they're partnering with a new organization, they create a family tie, either through marriages or other types of ties. Like any other multinational would, they protect their brand by outsourcing the more questionable parts of the business model,
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Mystery of the Romanovs...
guards protected the young czarevitch day and night and kept his condition secret from the Russian people alexandra was desperate to help her son so she turned to a mystic healer named grigori rasputin despite his questionable reputation
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The life cycle of a...
driven by large corporations and the trend of fast fashion has cost the environment, the health of farmers, and driven questionable human labor practices. It's also turned fashion into the second largest polluter in the world after oil.
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Peter Gabriel: Fighting...
with their footage in California to change the youth correction systems employed, and it's much -- much -- I think, more humane methods are being looked at, how you should lock up young kids, and that's questionable to start off.
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A Food Thief in the...
a long time it is amazing how I've been able to live off the skull for the last couple days but to tell you the truth some of this meat that I am picking off this does smell a bit questionable so
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Kelli Swazey: Life that...
being rooted in the cultural and social world through which we define the phenomena around us. So where we see an unquestionable reality, death as an irrefutable biological condition,
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Building bridges and...
people so halfway through college I made the wildly questionable decision to buy a one-way plane ticket halfway around the world in search of that thing that
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Memory Banda: A...
very poor, where gender equality is questionable. Growing up in that country, I couldn't make my own choices in life. I couldn't even explore
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Gary Lauder's new...
But they are not applicable in all situations. So, take, for example, the three-way intersection. So, it's logical that you'd have one there, on the minor road entering the major. But the other two are somewhat questionable. So, here's one. There's another one which I studied. Cars rarely appear on that third road.
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My photographs bear...
I tried to imagine myself in their place, and I was totally humbled by their courage and determination in the face of such catastrophic loss. Good people had been put in a very bad situation for questionable results. One day in rehab someone, started talking about surfing
Video examples
The deadly genius of...
or, if they're partnering with a new organization, they create a family tie, either through marriages or other types of ties. Like any other multinational would, they protect their brand by outsourcing the more questionable parts of the business model,
Video examples
Mystery of the Romanovs...
guards protected the young czarevitch day and night and kept his condition secret from the Russian people alexandra was desperate to help her son so she turned to a mystic healer named grigori rasputin despite his questionable reputation
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
driven by large corporations and the trend of fast fashion has cost the environment, the health of farmers, and driven questionable human labor practices. It's also turned fashion into the second largest polluter in the world after oil.
Video examples
Peter Gabriel: Fighting...
with their footage in California to change the youth correction systems employed, and it's much -- much -- I think, more humane methods are being looked at, how you should lock up young kids, and that's questionable to start off.
Video examples
A Food Thief in the...
a long time it is amazing how I've been able to live off the skull for the last couple days but to tell you the truth some of this meat that I am picking off this does smell a bit questionable so
Video examples
Kelli Swazey: Life that...
being rooted in the cultural and social world through which we define the phenomena around us. So where we see an unquestionable reality, death as an irrefutable biological condition,
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Building bridges and...
people so halfway through college I made the wildly questionable decision to buy a one-way plane ticket halfway around the world in search of that thing that
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Memory Banda: A...
very poor, where gender equality is questionable. Growing up in that country, I couldn't make my own choices in life. I couldn't even explore
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Ronald Fisher
English Mathematician
The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to present masses of detail of doubtful truth and questionable weight in such a way as to obscure principles.
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William Clay Ford, Jr.
American Businessman
My great-grandfather was a man of great vision, drive, and native intelligence, with some human flaws amplified by limited education, limited social range, and questionable influence from some of his advisers.
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Barry Gibb
English Musician
It's very questionable, and we will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on.
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Richard Jefferies
English Writer
It is quite true that women like courage, and that boldness often goes a long way; but it is questionable whether with high-bred natures a subdued, quiet, and delicate manner does not go still further.
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Victor Garber
Canadian Actor
Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter.
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Mike Pence
American Vice President
While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.
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Scott Turow
American Novelist
Only in the mystery novel are we delivered final and unquestionable solutions. The joke to me is that fiction gives you a truth that reality can't deliver.
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Ted Danson
American Actor
The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
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Brian Azzarello
American Writer
Characters with questionable morals are sexy.
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Ronald Fisher
English Mathematician
The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to present masses of detail of doubtful truth and questionable weight in such a way as to obscure principles.
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William Clay Ford, Jr.
American Businessman
My great-grandfather was a man of great vision, drive, and native intelligence, with some human flaws amplified by limited education, limited social range, and questionable influence from some of his advisers.
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Barry Gibb
English Musician
It's very questionable, and we will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on.
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Richard Jefferies
English Writer
It is quite true that women like courage, and that boldness often goes a long way; but it is questionable whether with high-bred natures a subdued, quiet, and delicate manner does not go still further.
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Victor Garber
Canadian Actor
Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter.
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Mike Pence
American Vice President
While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.
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Scott Turow
American Novelist
Only in the mystery novel are we delivered final and unquestionable solutions. The joke to me is that fiction gives you a truth that reality can't deliver.
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Ted Danson
American Actor
The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
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Brian Azzarello
American Writer
Characters with questionable morals are sexy.
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