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disputable

UK/dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ//dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/

disputable adjective: of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

Adjective

disputable (comparative more disputable, superlative most disputable)

  1. Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
    Synonyms:
    controvertible

disputable meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

disputable in Tamil

ஐயத்திற்குரிய, கேள்விக்குரிய, தருக்கத்திற்குரிய, மறுத்தற்குரிய

disputable in Bengali

মতামত, প্রস্তাব, প্রশ্নের ক্ষেত্রে যা বিতর্কিত, অমীমাংসিত

disputable in Malayalam

arguable, debatable, open to debate
തർക്കിക്കത്തക്ക, ചോദ്യം ചെയ്യത്തക്ക, വിവാദാസ്പദമായ, വിവാദവിഷയമാക്കാവുന്ന, വാദിക്കത്തക്ക, തർക്കവിഷയകമായ

Synonyms of disputable

Forms of disputable

comparativemore disputable
superlativemost disputable

Origin of disputable

Learned borrowing from Latin disputābilis. By surface analysis, dispute + -able.

Words formed from disputable

Questions about disputable

What does disputable mean?
Disputable means of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
What is disputable in Tamil?
Disputable in Tamil is ஐயத்திற்குரிய, கேள்விக்குரிய, தருக்கத்திற்குரிய. See Disputable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is disputable?
Disputable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce disputable?
Disputable is pronounced /dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/ (UK).

Words near disputable in the dictionary

  1. dispurveyance
  2. dispurveyed
  3. dispurveying
  4. dispurveys
  5. disputability
  6. disputable
  7. disputableness
  8. disputably
  9. disputacity
  10. disputant
  11. disputants

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: disputable (page history and authors); disputable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disputable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disputable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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