mootable
Open for debate
Mootable means open to debate or discussion.
A mootable point can reasonably be argued either way: Whether the policy actually helped is mootable.
The word derives from moot in its older sense of debatable, before moot shifted in American usage toward meaning pointless to discuss.
Open to dispute
- disputableAble to be challenged
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- contestableAble to be challenged
- controvertibleAble to be contested
challengeable · refutable · rebuttable · assailable · negotiable · open-ended · unsettled · undetermined
Uncertain of truth
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
- inconclusiveNot yielding a decision
- indeterminateNot exactly known
- unsettledNot yet resolved
unclear · vague · nebulous · equivocal · undecided · unconfirmed · up in the air · hanging
Based on conjecture
- conjecturalBased on incomplete evidence
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- notionalConceptual, not concrete
- abstractCondensed version of text
suppositional · presumptive · postulated · provisional · tentative · unproven · untested · unverified
Causing sharp division
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- disputedArgued over, unresolved
- polemicalStrongly attacking opposing views
thorny · provocative · hot-button · sensitive · fraught · incendiary · inflammatory · loaded
Relating to education or theory
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- beside the pointUnrelated to the matter
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- supersededReplaced by something newer
obsolete · outdated · dead letter · bygone · settled · resolved
arguable
Open to dispute
- disputableAble to be challenged
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- contestableAble to be challenged
controvertible · challengeable · refutable · rebuttable · assailable · negotiable · open-ended · unsettled · undetermined · unresolved
doubtful
Uncertain of truth
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
- inconclusiveNot yielding a decision
- indeterminateNot exactly known
unsettled · unclear · vague · nebulous · equivocal · undecided · unconfirmed · up in the air · hanging · pending
speculative
Based on conjecture
- conjecturalBased on incomplete evidence
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- notionalConceptual, not concrete
abstract · suppositional · presumptive · postulated · provisional · tentative · unproven · untested · unverified · philosophical
polarizing
Causing sharp division
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- disputedArgued over, unresolved
polemical · thorny · provocative · hot-button · sensitive · fraught · incendiary · inflammatory · loaded · charged
academic
Relating to education or theory
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- beside the pointUnrelated to the matter
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
superseded · obsolete · outdated · dead letter · bygone · settled · resolved
mootableunarguable
Impossible to dispute
indisputable · incontestable · unquestionable · settled · decided
mootableself-evident
Requiring no demonstration
axiomatic · incontrovertible · irrefutable · undeniable · certain