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debateable

debateable is the archaic spelling of debatable.

Meaning of debatable

Adjective

debatable (comparative more debatable, superlative most debatable)

  1. Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.
    • Those data are debatable: no one has been able to replicate them.
  2. Able to be debated; up for discussion.
    • The lack of bonuses this year is not debatable.

See all 3 meanings of debatable

Forms of debateable

comparativemore debateable
superlativemost debateable

Origin of debateable

From debate + -able.

Questions about debateable

What is debateable the archaic spelling of?
Debateable is the archaic spelling of debatable.

Words near debateable in the dictionary

  1. debatables
  2. debatably
  3. debate
  4. debate bro
  5. debate bros
  6. debateable
  7. debated
  8. debatedly
  9. debateful
  10. Debategate
  11. debatelord

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Adapted from Wiktionary: debateable (page history and authors); debatable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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