questionable

adj
/ˈkwɛst͡ʃənəbl̩/

Etymology

From question + -able.

  1. derived from *kʷeh₂-
  2. derived from *kʷaizeō
  3. derived from quaestiōnem
  4. derived from question
  5. derived from questiun
  6. inherited from questioun
  7. formed as questionable — “question + -able

Definitions

  1. Problematic

    Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.

    • It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
    • A crude, cold rain was falling heavily; the spring-time presented itself as a questionable improvement.
    • MAHA went viral across social media and led to an explosion of questionable claims regarding health and wellness.
  2. Of dubious respectability or morality.

    • […] he had a love of money—a sort of acquisitiveness, that led him into questionable dealings.
    • Obviously modeled after Ren & Stimpy, it's about a wallaby and his flatulent dog. While some of the humor is pretty funny, some of it is questionable.
  3. Inviting questions

    Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.

    • Thou com'ſt in ſuch a queſtionable ſhape / That I will ſpeake to thee.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at questionable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01questionable02open03uncovered04covered05dealt06deal07indefinite08uncertain

A definitional loop anchored at questionable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at questionable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA