dubious

Preposition: about

• idea: Steve tells Catherine he wants to plead manslaughter on grounds of temporary insanity, but she looks dubious about the idea.

Infinitive complement

• say: The anthropology and ecology are dubious to say the least.

Modifies a noun

• legality: In order to pay for his government he had to collect all sorts of taxes that were of dubious legality.
• distinction: Canada now has the dubious distinction of having the second highest crime rate in the Western world.
• honor: She has the dubious honor of being the only female werewolf in the world.
• provenance: In a world awash in information of dubious provenance, whom can you trust to tell you the truth?
• accolade: That dubious accolade goes to the nearby city of Durham.
• honor: But I just may hold the dubious honor of the all time greatest moment in club breaking history.

Modifying Another Word

• morally: Third, the use of cluster bombs seems morally dubious.
• ethically: The ethically dubious world of patent medicines was born, " says Jerry Brotton, in The Renaissance Bazaar, pp.
• somewhat: A somewhat dubious moral structure to the game then.
• rather: For example, a rather dubious adult website managed to get a PageRank of 10.
• distinctly: The little priest rose with a distinctly dubious grimace.
• highly: Even the linesman got in on the act with a highly dubious offside against Cox.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: In any event even the IP address request seems dubious.
• remain: Judging by the council league tables, some success is being achieved although the public remain dubious.
• look: Steve tells Catherine he wants to plead manslaughter on grounds of temporary insanity, but she looks dubious about the idea.
• sound: A lot of the other issues raised certainly sound somewhat dubious at best.
• consider: For example, relationships where there is a significant power differential are considered dubious, and sexual violence is not publicly tolerated.
• become: If a staunch unreconstructed Thatcherite gets in, the future of people like Clarke and Patten in the Tory party becomes dubious.