arguable
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1.
susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
2.
susceptible to being supported by convincing or persuasive argument: Admirers agree that it is arguable he is the finest pianist of his generation.
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arguable (ˈɑːɡjʊəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | capable of being disputed; doubtful |
| 2. | capable of being supported by argument; plausible |
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Arguable
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
At current natural gas prices, it's arguable whether any shale gas play is profitable.
But given the cutbacks in non loan aid, rising tuitions it is arguable the average student and family are desperate.
It's arguable whether pumpkin even makes the best kind of filling for a pumpkin pie.
Actually, there are all sorts of arguable reasons to restrict peoples' right to vote.
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