questionable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

QUES'TIONABLE, adjective 1. That may be questioned; doubtful; uncertain; disputable. the deed is of questionable authority. It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human body. 2. Suspicious; liable to be doubted or disputed; liable to suspicion. His veracity is questionable Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, that I will speak to thee.
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