Questionable and Supposed

Questionable

Questionable adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.
Usage example: the runner's unexpected first-place finish is questionable, so a drug test has been ordered

Supposed and questionable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Supposed" instead an adjective "Questionable".

Supposed

Supposed adjective - Doubtful or suspect.

Questionable and supposed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Questionable" instead an adjective "Supposed".

Nearby Words: supposition, supposedly, supposing

Both words in one sentence

  • Fan Fic / Equestria: A History Revealed Black and Gray Morality: The supposed "good" (at least according to Loose Change) Equinus Republic is a clear example of this, as some of their actions have very clearly questionable morals.
  • Anime / Angel Cop Black and Grey Morality: A lot of the supposed good guys do a lot of highly questionable things.
  • The Queen's Latin Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, who is supposed to be raised by elves, speaks the human language with an affected, slightly questionable English accent, but retains his natural Danish-American accent for speaking Elvish.
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