suspect
98
5.3
- adjective
- /ˈsʌspɛkt/
:
sospechoso
- Her sudden change in attitude felt suspect to her friends during the meeting.
- highly suspect
- morally suspect
- become suspect
Yeah, there's some, there's some suspect producers out there for sure.
- Yeah, there's some, there's some suspect producers out there for sure.
- Whether or not it's a good thing is suspect, but that's the way the industry works.
- So anyway, our whole system is suspect right now.
- Even in some circles, pictures of Christ would be suspect.
- Some of it's rule making that is suspect.
- Anybody that stays in any longer than that is automatically suspect.
- I've set up the camera on the floor and the angle looks very, very suspect.
- And he says their testimony is suspect, their words obscure that cyclical book is God.
- And what has been shown time and time again is that actual eyewitness identifications can be suspect.
- And he found images that Lesnie had been producing in service of that paper that he regarded as suspect, untrustworthy.
Examples
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The whole thing looks highly suspect, highly implausible, doesn't make any sense, but that's it.
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There is something very suspect about how hard it is to open this bin.
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Your husband wanted to sell, and your story about him is suspect.
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It's silly, and a bit suspect, I think.
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"Generosity from an enemy is always suspect, but perhaps you are merely a fool."
Fiction book (2001) -
It's against regulations to cook because, many suspect, the dining commons are trying to cut down on competition.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's trying to help, but these techniques and methods are just a bit suspect and don't often help.
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If your story doesn't match ours, then we'll all be suspect.
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Ireland hasn't mastered the art of chip shaping because some of these are very suspect in terms of their shape.
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The effectiveness of post-tenure evaluation is highly suspect in many of the colleges surveyed.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
687
4.1
Strange in a way that makes you think something is wrong
300
2.7
Causing doubt because it seems wrong or illegal
128
2.5
Likely to lie or cheat to get something for yourself
90
6.5
Not clearly true or trustworthy and causing doubt
79
5.5
Not honest and likely to do illegal things
50
4.4
Seeming dishonest and making people feel suspicious
21
4.8
Not honest or reliable with promises
3
9.2
Likely to betray someone's trust by lying or cheating
1
8.6
A little suspicious and not easy to trust
A person or thing that seems dishonest and not trustworthy
Thought likely to be true but not yet proven
Antonyms
Compounds
How Trustworthy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Suspect comes from the Latin parts sub- ('under') and specere ('to look'), giving the idea of being 'looked at' with doubt. So if something is suspect, people do not fully trust it and they view it with suspicion.