questionability
- noun
- /ˌkwɛsʧəˈnæbɪlɪti/
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cuestionabilidad
- Due to the questionability of the data, the researchers decided to conduct further studies.
Examples
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But the inevitable questionability of this or that world of things, nature, or beauty within its own terms does not come out clearly in his analysis, and it is not obvious that it can.
Academic text (1995) -
So the only place where there is questionability, you know, it's questionable that it might not be continuous, would be at big R.
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So the only place where there is questionability, you know, is is it's questionable that it might not be continuous would be at big R.
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This assumes, of course, the very questionability of authenticity in the first place, given the global division of labor which has managed quite successfully to produce Shetland in the textile mills of Taiwan.
Academic text (1990) -
(The questionability of the 2004 results is not quite in tinfoil territory; many not-outwardly-foaming observers do still believe that the Kerry-Bush election was stolen in Ohio.)
Blog text (16) -
The questionability of their claims was evident during the debate.
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His decision was influenced by the questionability of the information presented to him.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
A feeling of not being sure about something
∞
2.7
A feeling of doubt about whether something is true
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4.0
Not being sure about what will happen or what to do
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5.1
A feeling of doubt about an idea or claim when there is not enough proof
1
9.9
A feeling of doubt about whether something is true
1
7.8
A feeling of doubt or not trusting something
The quality of being doubtful about whether something is true
A feeling of not being sure about something
A feeling of doubt or uncertainty about something
A feeling of doubt or low confidence
A state of not knowing what will happen
A feeling of not being sure about something
How Doubtful
Surface Forms
Morphology
questionability = questionable (transparent) = question + able + ity
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the familiar adjective 'questionable', yielding the quality or state.
Etymology
The word questionability comes from question ('to ask') plus the endings -able ('can be') and -ity ('state of'), so it means the 'state of being open to doubt or able to be questioned'.