Discutible in english
Debatable
pronunciation: dəbeɪtəbəl part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: dəbeɪtəbəl part of speech: adjective
In gestures
discutible = moot ; controversial ; dubious ; questionable ; iffy .
Example: The data having already been collected, attempts to impose consistency as part of the collection process were moot, as were questions of its continued maintenance once it was published in book form.Example: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.Example: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.Example: It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.Example: I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.more:
» ser discutible = be open to question ; be open to debate ; be at issue .
Example: The research described in this chapter tends to show that many of the ideas regarding semantic and syntactic relationships discussed in this text are open to question. Example: One of the advantages frequently claimed for the library, its 'neutral' image, is more open to debate. Example: What constitutes 'fair use' is at issue as well, and libraries, on the advice of lawyers, have to be extremely careful about what they reproduce digitally.