questionableness

noun

The state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.

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Meanings

nounquestionableness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being questionable; dubiousness.

    It never entered his mind that here was a matter which from its extreme questionableness, it was his duty as a loyal blue-jacket to report in the proper quarter.

    1924, Herman Melville, chapter 13, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.

Origin

From questionable + -ness.

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questionableness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/questionableness

MLA

“questionableness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/questionableness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “questionableness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/questionableness.

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