Debatable Definition

dĭ-bātə-bəl
adjective
Lending itself to formal debate; having strong points on both sides.
Webster's New World
Open to dispute; questionable.
American Heritage
That can be questioned or disputed.
Webster's New World
In dispute, as land claimed by two countries.
Webster's New World

Controversial. Not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.

Those data are debatable, no one has been able to replicate them.
It's debatable whether he is a stud.
Wiktionary

Origin of Debatable

  • From Old French debatable (French débattable)

    From Wiktionary

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