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US
/ˈɑɹɡjuəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /ˈɑːɡjuːəbəl/ ]
[ UK /ˈɑːɡjuːəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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open to argument or debate
that is a moot question - capable of being supported by argument
How To Use arguable In A Sentence
- That these are things as silently present and inarguable as iron, or night. Times, Sunday Times
- In fairness to Mr Wilkins, had he disputed that it would have been unarguable.
- A company should not argue the inarguable, for it only harms credibility and makes motives and priorities suspect.
- ‘Fire kills’ is the banal but unarguable opening line of the introduction to John Prescott's new vision for the country's fire and rescue service.
- Once it is shown that there is an arguable case, this becomes a question to be determined by the court on the facts.
- It's usually defined as any religion that sticks very closely to a fundamental text (the Bible, Koran, Torah) and claims to have extracted some universal and inarguable truths.
- Yet it is arguable that by exciting the imaginations of his audience old Leonardo helped broaden the future audience for the arts in general.
- So, on any test of scrutiny or deference, there is no arguable reason for suggesting that this point of the claimant makes the determination assailable.
- It is a question whether there is an arguable case that there was a breach of the rules of procedural fairness.
- In assessing the risks of acting on the basis of a reasonably arguable case, you will wish to take account of the ways in which the matter might be brought before a court.