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Debatable

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.

    "Those data are debatable: no one has been able to replicate them."

  2. 2
    Able to be debated; up for discussion.

    "The lack of bonuses this year is not debatable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being disproved wordnet
  2. 2
    open to argument or debate wordnet
  3. 3
    open to doubt or debate wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A topic that is open to debate.

    "Just how many glaucoma patients there are in the United States and just how prevalent is the disease are two unknowns or at least two debatables."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French debatable (French débattable), equivalent to debate + -able.

Etymology 2

From Old French debatable (French débattable), equivalent to debate + -able.

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