Debatable and Suspect

Debatable

Debatable adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.
Usage example: the debatable wisdom of going back for another helping from the buffet

Suspect and debatable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suspect" instead an adjective "Debatable".

Nearby Words: debate, debated, debater, debating

Suspect

Suspect adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.
Usage example: since she was carrying no cash or credit cards, her claim to the store's detectives that she had intended to pay for the items was suspect

Debatable and suspect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Debatable" instead an adjective "Suspect".

Nearby Words: suspected, suspecting

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Thrawn Trilogy While it's more debatable how deliberate it was on Thrawn's part, people in the New Republic government suspect each other of being Delta Source, Thrawn's source of information on Coruscant, and so don't trust each other.
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