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CONTESTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contestable mean?
• CONTESTABLE (adjective)
The adjective CONTESTABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being contested
Familiarity information: CONTESTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being contested
Similar:
challengeable (capable of being challenged)
debatable; disputable (capable of being disproved)
shakable; shakeable (capable of being weakened)
Also:
questionable (subject to question)
Antonym:
incontestable (incapable of being contested or disputed)
Derivation:
contest (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation)
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