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Definition of "arguable" []

  • Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. (adjective)
  • That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "arguable" in a sentence
  • "In practice, the DOJ has prosecuted people that are in arguable or probable non-compliance with the relevant State laws."
  • "Ordinary legal indeterminacy of this sort, a fact of the law, does not mean that every legal position one comes up with, while arguable, is viable or persuasive, or that every disagreement on a legal issue is reasonable."
  • "I would say that Kwiec (sic) suggests that a position, which I consider barely arguable, is not only reasonable, but correct."