questionable

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English question Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English questionable From question + -able.

1. Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.

   “It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.”

   “A crude, cold rain was falling heavily; the spring-time presented itself as a questionable improvement.”

2. Of dubious respectability or morality.

   “[…] he had a love of money—a sort of acquisitiveness, that led him into questionable dealings.”

   “Obviously modeled after Ren & Stimpy, it's about a wallaby and his flatulent dog. While some of the humor is pretty funny, some of it is questionable.”

3. Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.

   “Thou com'ſt in ſuch a queſtionable ſhape / That I will ſpeake to thee.”