Debatable is an English word with synonyms like disputable or problematic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Debatable in a sentence
Debatable meaning
- Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.
- Able to be debated; up for discussion.
Synonyms of Debatable
Using Debatable
- The main meaning on this page is: Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed. | Able to be debated; up for discussion.
- Useful related words include: disputable, problematic, problematical, questionable.
- In the example corpus, debatable often appears in combinations such as: is debatable, debatable whether, debatable but.
Context around Debatable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Debatable
- In this selection, "debatable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, highly, writing, political, flaws and choice stand out and add context to how "debatable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bottleneck is debatable and crime is debatable but there. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "debatable" sits close to words such as acreage, adaptable and akron, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with debatable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This isn’t even debatable. (5 words)
And that’s very debatable. (5 words)
In the very least, it is highly debatable. (8 words)
The former minister of Finance is right, of course, but it is highly debatable whether the DPP has the moral authority or tactical awareness to criticise President Lazarus Chakwera and his nine-party alliance on governance issues. (37 words)
Today I’ll focus on players that heard their names called in the draft, also including other players who were debatable edge/linebacker “tweeners”, and two players were excluded due to SIS not tracking smaller schools. (36 words)
When I started writing Debatable in 2019, my hope was to create a newsletter that could offer an entry point into some of the moment’s most pressing and impenetrable-seeming disagreements. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
And people trolled him over the debatable political colours.
But when it comes to the discussion surrounding the most clutch player in the nation … that is simply put, not debatable.
Debatable whether provincial marebacks up in three days from a flat first-up run at Canberra.
Despite some mixed reception, overflowing with positives that effectively outweigh its debatable flaws.
How much of Justin Fields' performance is his fault is debatable, but 4 completions through three quarters is about as bad as it gets.
In the very least, it is highly debatable.
It's a debatable choice to make de Leon the hero of the story, giving as much focus to the process of exposing these actions as to the actions themselves.
It's debatable whether Anders would have blown up a chantry if he hadn't unwisely joined forces with a spirit of the Fade.
That is highly debatable, but green, herb-flecked wraps are so ubiquitous that they must be addressed.
The former minister of Finance is right, of course, but it is highly debatable whether the DPP has the moral authority or tactical awareness to criticise President Lazarus Chakwera and his nine-party alliance on governance issues.
This isn’t even debatable.
Today I’ll focus on players that heard their names called in the draft, also including other players who were debatable edge/linebacker “tweeners”, and two players were excluded due to SIS not tracking smaller schools.
When I started writing Debatable in 2019, my hope was to create a newsletter that could offer an entry point into some of the moment’s most pressing and impenetrable-seeming disagreements.
Whether claiming lost treasure is a crime is debatable, but there are plenty of activities in deemed illegal in the modern world.
Whether or not I've developed a "loyal following of listeners" or am known for my "engaging and informative interviews" is debatable.
According to Father, it’s debatable whether his fracking enterprises contributed in any way to the demise of civilization, and in fact, many considered him a hero.
And that’s very debatable.
A person’s existence is never a debatable point.
As they highlighted, much of these are debatable.
But how much it’s worth worrying about the data bottleneck is debatable.
Common combinations with debatable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is debatable 58×
- debatable whether 16×
- debatable but 14×
- highly debatable 8×
- it debatable 8×
- debatable and 5×
- was debatable 5×
- not debatable 4×
- it's debatable 4×
- the debatable 3×