Sentence examples for be disputable from inspiring English sources
adjective
Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
The evaluation of individual items may be disputable.
However, he had 10 times as much money for television as I did -- and I realize now that when you run a campaign about what may be disputable facts, whoever has more money for television wins the argument.
In fact, the usage has been forbidden by no less an authority than the Fowler brothers, in their seminal 1906 work "The King's English": "Our view, though we admit it to be disputable, is clear — that they, their, &c., should never be resorted to".
First, which features of a theory satisfy these criteria may be disputable (e.g. does simplicity concern the ontological commitments of a theory or its mathematical form?). Secondly, these criteria are imprecise, and so there is room for disagreement about the degree to which they hold.
However the approach aforementioned may be disputable.
However, such replication can take years, and what constitutes replication in a given case may also be disputable.
And though its methods are disputable, few dispute the justice of its cause.
This latter point, however, is disputable.
Whether or not that included a sexual relationship is disputable.
Who filibustered more — the Democrats under Bush, or the Republicans under Obama — is disputable.
If it's disputable, we can attribute it or otherwise note the uncertainty.
