dubious
meragukan
definition
adjective
Alex looked dubious, but complied
hesitating or doubting.
extremely dubious assumptions
not to be relied upon; suspect.
example
To postulate the reality of the latter is in fact very 'dubious' , because it relies on a contestable empirical claim that simply cannot be sustained.
It shows him as morally 'dubious' - he wants the men to die so he can finish his book, but he pretends otherwise - and intellectually cold.
It's all in a good cause, people used to say, but Elizabeth felt that almost any action she took at this point would be of 'dubious' value.
For a start, the whole idea of reciprocity and empowerment seems morally 'dubious' to me.
And it spends billions each year in social welfare programs that are endlessly duplicative and of 'dubious' value.
They weren't always on the side of good, and even when they were, they still regularly made morally 'dubious' judgements, but they were always true to their natures.
2004 will finish with a hat trick of games against the teams enjoying the 'dubious' distinction of being below us in the league.
They are engaged in tax avoidance, which is entirely legal, though you might argue it's morally 'dubious' .
I was pretty 'dubious' about it when I was a journalist, but now I think it's remarkably ineffectual.
But the public interest would not be served by people of 'dubious' motives giving false information by doctoring the official record.
Like Den, he gets involved in 'dubious' deals with shady characters, and the source of his money is not always entirely clear.
In fact, so entrenched was the belief in many quarters that official statistics were of 'dubious' value to social researchers that the view took root that they were virtually worthless.
Before the war, the submarine was regarded as a morally 'dubious' weapon, subject to international agreements.
An important part of the answer, I think, lies in exposing a number of 'dubious' assumptions about human psychology.
Ray is not a good father, as evidenced by his empty fridge and 'dubious' methods of interacting with his kids.
The approach outline above seems to offer the best prospect for exposing the administration's 'dubious' motives and methods.
I am also extremely 'dubious' about grand projects.
However, councillors were 'dubious' about visiting the site.
Instead, a 'dubious' logic pervades, upon which we base entire networks of conclusions and imperatives.
She was a bit 'dubious' about it at first but now she is getting used to it and people adore her everywhere we go.
I was a little 'dubious' about this tour from the outset.
Many of us were perhaps blinded by this hitherto unknown quality of sincerity, allowing it to eclipse the 'dubious' methodologies upon which the plethora of information was based.
Matters come to a head when the star is expelled from the team, leading to a climax at once disturbingly intense and morally 'dubious' .
I have become more 'dubious' about the last point.
‘I am very 'dubious' about this sort of thing,’ added Dr Fitzpatrick.
I'm just a bit more 'dubious' about the odds of this happening than Hewitt.
I'm not objecting to the Food Museum, of course, but I am somewhat 'dubious' about the prospect of a hundred thousand visitors per year.
He is similarly 'dubious' about the suggestion that the protests were incited by older activists.
It has the 'dubious' distinction of being probably the only luxury hotel in the world to be blown up by a future prime minister of its own country.
Philosophy aims only at the truth, not at mere persuasion regardless of truth, which is a 'dubious' enterprise in both its intentions and its methods.
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