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What is the adjective for debateable?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb debate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

debatable
  1. Controversial. Not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.
  2. Of a person, argumentative.
  3. A fitting subject for debate.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. uncertain, unsettled, questionable, unresolved, undetermined, undecided, moot, arguable, unclear, dubious, vague, unsure, disputable, controversial, iffy, unconfirmed, unknown, contentious, controvertible, borderline, puzzling, inconclusive, perplexing, unestablished, issuable, negotiable, contestable, chancy, problematical, riddling, mootable, open to debate, open to question, in doubt, up in the air, open to doubt, in dispute, open to discussion, subject to debate, a moot point, betwixt and between, on ice, up for discussion, touch-and-go, not yet established, a controversial subject, a live issue, a matter of opinion, on the back burner, bone of contention … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “The spiritual argument against the death penalty is equally as debatable as the one for it.”
      “Among these deliberations should be the debatable wisdom of relying on soulless institutions to unduly influence what we think and express.”
      “This, of course, is all debatable as well, but it at least seems like a working hypothesis.”
debated
  1. disputed, under discussion, not settled.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. contested, contentious, controversial, questioned, challenged, argued, impugned, disputed, debatable, moot, questionable, vexed, hot-button, open to question, at issue, in dispute, unresolved, undetermined, unsettled, undecided, ongoing, unconcluded, fractious, sticky, open to debate, up in the air, yet to be decided, in contention, open to doubt, much debated, disputable, disputatious, arguable, delicate, dubious, difficult, sensitive, divisive, polemical, controvertible, contended, emotive, dubitable, polemic, provocative, suspect, tendentious, debateable, awkward, contestable … more
debateable
  1. Archaic spelling of debatable.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. controversial, contentious, debatable, disputable, disputed, disputatious, arguable, contended, controvertible, delicate, difficult, divisive, dubious, polemical, sensitive, dubitable, emotive, moot, polemic, provocative, questionable, suspect, tendentious, vexed, awkward, contestable, contested, problematic, argued, challenged, debated, doubtable, doubtful, heated, hot, notorious, questioned, uncertain, hot-button, under discussion, at issue, in dispute, open to discussion, open to question … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “How these two came to be combined in the name of a plant, however, is debateable.”
      “Children in schools must know that the issue is debateable and what the debate is about.”
      “What that record means during a time in baseball history where strikeouts are coming easier and easier to pitchers is debateable.”
debating
  1. present participle of debate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. discussing, confabbing, arguing, conversing, talking, deliberating, bickering, confabulating, conferring, consulting, counselling, counseling, mooting, palavering, parleying, reasoning, speaking, chatting, powwowing, exchanging views, having discussions, talking over, hashing out, hashing over, thrashing out, batting about, batting around, kicking about, kicking around, talking game, tossing around, wrangling over, bandying words, bumping heads, having at it, locking horns, chewing the fat, crossing swords, contesting, rebutting, challenging, debunking, disproving, disputing, refuting, contradicting, controverting, countering, opposing … more
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