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questionableness

questionableness noun: the state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.

Noun

questionableness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
    • It never entered his mind that here was a matter which from its extreme questionableness, it was his duty as a loyal blue-jacket to report in the proper quarter.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 13, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.

Origin of questionableness

From questionable + -ness.

Questions about questionableness

What does questionableness mean?
Questionableness means the state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.
What part of speech is questionableness?
Questionableness is a noun.

Words near questionableness in the dictionary

  1. question-marked
  2. question-master
  3. question-masters
  4. questionability
  5. questionable
  6. questionableness
  7. questionably
  8. questionaries
  9. questionary
  10. questione ladina
  11. questioned

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