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Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.

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  1. a. Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.
  2. a. Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious.
  3. adj. subject to question
  4. adj. able to be refuted
  5. 1. Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry. [R.] Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. Shak. 2. Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious. It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human body.T. Baker. Syn. -- Disputable; debatable; uncertain; doubtful; problematical; suspicious.
  6. j:100 a. subject to question s. able to be refuted