contestable

adjective

Definition of contestablenext
as in problematic

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Recent Examples of contestable What is not contestable is that ignoring those standards left the operation vulnerable to many different forms of failure. — Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026 The position is thin and contestable, and every serious competitor is now trying to climb out of it by owning more of the stack. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Dupont took an Italian tap back from a contestable kick and chipped for Bielle-Biarrey to claim the first try in the fourth minute, his fourth try this month, and 24th try in 25 tests. — ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026 In part, the President has used the term like every other politician does—to automatize the righteousness of contestable claims. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contestable
  1. problematic
  2. debatable
  3. arguable
  4. disputable
  5. moot
  6. questionable
Adjective
  • The flood of young talent into banking is also problematic for the country.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • That’s all to say that, while large and important, Telegram is also seen as a nuisance politically and a problematic platform in its own right.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of problematic
Adjective
  • Few deadlines offer trades this fascinating, this debatable, this multilayered.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Still, Fazio’s claim that the budget caps are effectively nullified is debatable, at best.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of debatable
Adjective
  • Pairing Diggs with McLaurin gives Washington arguable its best wide receiver duo since Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson each topped the 1,000-yard mark in 2016.
    — Ethan Cadeaux, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
  • What’s less arguable is the quality of Kinnear’s performance, a fine study in comic understatement at first that modulates into a delicately limned portrait of pain barely stifled.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
Definition of arguable
Adjective
  • However, disputable refereeing decisions, especially in the matches against Italy and Spain, led to allegations that South Korea may have benefited from favorable officiating.
    — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
  • Speech — Intimidation as censorship The First Amendment protects disputable speech, not agreeable.
    — Brielle Miller, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of disputable
Adjective
  • Gomez, meanwhile, issued a pointed statement to expand on why the FCC’s move is legally moot, in her view.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The district further argued that some of the lawsuit’s claims were now moot because the district recently ended its use of Gaggle and transitioned to a new program, called ManagedMethods.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Definition of moot
Adjective
  • His shows were cancelled for what writers for Ynet and Haaretz considered questionable reasons, among them alleged pressure from Netanyahu’s allies, although the networks involved named other justifications, including financial ones.
    — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Those who witness dangerous or questionable behavior on the water are told to call the NOAA Fisheries’ Enforcement Hotline at 800-853-1964.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of questionable

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