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DISPUTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disputable mean?
• DISPUTABLE (adjective)
The adjective DISPUTABLE has 2 senses:
1. capable of being disproved
2. open to argument or debate
Familiarity information: DISPUTABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being disproved
Synonyms:
debatable; disputable
Similar:
contestable (capable of being contested)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Open to argument or debate
Synonyms:
arguable; debatable; disputable; moot
Context example:
that is a moot question
Similar:
controversial (marked by or capable of arousing controversy)
Context examples
He certainly looked at her friend a great deal, but the expression of that look was disputable.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Disputable, however, as might be the taste of such a termination, it was in itself a charming walk, and the view which closed it extremely pretty.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a point could be disputable; because reason taught us to affirm or deny only where we are certain; and beyond our knowledge we cannot do either.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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