questionable

English

questionable (comparative more questionable, superlative most questionable)

Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
- 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, London: Macmillan, Volume I, Chapter 3, p. 28,
  A crude, cold rain was falling heavily; the spring-time presented itself as a questionable improvement.
Of dubious respectability or morality.
Tiffiny’s behavior is highly questionable.
- 1920, Carolyn Wells, Raspberry Jam, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, Chapter 18, p. 302,
  […] he had a love of money—a sort of acquisitiveness, that led him into questionable dealings.
(obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 4,
  Thou com’st in such a questionable shape
  
  That I will speak to thee.

problematic; open to doubt or challenge

Japanese: 疑わしい (うたがわしい, utagawashii)
Persian: سؤال‌برانگیز‎ (so'âl-bar-angiz)
Polish: wątpliwy (pl) m, sporny (pl) m, kontrowersyjny (pl) m
Portuguese: questionável m or f, contestável m or f, duvidoso (pt) m, problemático (pt) m
Russian: спо́рный (ru) (spórnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: ùpitan (sh)
Swedish: tveksam (sv), tvivelaktig (sv)

of dubious respectability or morality

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