(a.) Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.
(a.) Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.
(a.) Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.
Example Sentences:
(1) It’s impossible to automate fully the process of separating truth from falsehood, and it’s dubious to cede such control to for-profit media giants.
(2) The draw was enough to take England to the finals in Japan, where Beckham exorcised the demons of four years earlier by scoring the only goal (a dubiously awarded penalty) in the defeat of Argentina.
(3) But Blair's address - "history will forgive us" - was a dubious exercise in group therapy: the cheers smacked of pathetic gratitude, as he piously pardoned the legislators, as well as himself, for the catastrophe of Iraq.
(4) I drive past buildings that I know, or assume, to house bedsits, their stucco peeling like eczema, their window frames rattling like old bones, and I cannot help myself from picturing the scene within: a dubious pot on an equally dubious single ring, the female in charge of it half-heartedly stirring its contents at the same time as she files her nails, reads an old Vogue, or chats to some distant parent on the telephone.
(5) A dubious pattern is emerging of donations through front companies.
(6) The relationship of this metabolic aberration to the production of headache still remains dubious for various reasons.
(7) During his stints in the Bush and Obama administration Comey has continually taken authoritarian and factually dubious public stances both at odds with responsible public policy and sometimes the law.
(8) Today the overestimation of human understanding is reflected in a dogmatic adherence to specific professional or idealogically biased doctrines and in the dubious ideal of a purely empirical science with its limited applicability to mankind.
(9) It seems clear that even as we buy cheap clothes with dubious provenance, from an ethical standpoint, people want to do better.
(10) Their mechanism is dubious: swelling of mitochondria and intracellular lipidosis, which could signify cellular hypoxia, are rarely present.
(11) Imprecise definitions of these complications of necrotizing pancreatitis make inter-institutional comparisons of previously identified data dubious.
(12) Critics say this is part of a broader, dubious attempt to appease the Kremlin and boost bilateral trade.
(13) In his attempt to justify the unjustifiable, Mr Grieve has clutched at a fragile constitutional doctrine and adopted a deeply dubious legal course.
(14) Exporting what appear to be educational success stories is a dubious enterprise, because it is so easy to misread how another country's system works and to discount its cultural background.
(15) Observed retrospectively, in some cases death was the result of dubious indication.
(16) The Guardian’s own readers’ anthology of dubious deals – crusty rolls 40p, two for £1!
(17) Sensitivity (dubious + positive, after exclusion of inadequates) was 0.83 and dependent on histologic type (infiltrating = 0.87, intraductal = 0.68).
(18) The vice-president even made repeated trips to CIA headquarters in Langley to bully analysts into producing more hawkish reports, while Rumsfeld’s Pentagon sucked up highly dubious “evidence” from Iraqi exiles and ideological freelancers.
(19) This becomes very dubious when they are more numerous.
(20) The change in surface tension did not correlate with a change in lung retractive forces or with lung lipid content and was, therefore, of dubious biological significance.
Shady
Definition:
(superl.) Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
(superl.) Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
(superl.) Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt.
Example Sentences:
(1) It does seem a little shady to do this kind of field study - the very studies the companies say are the most important ones - and then not tell people what they find.” Prof Christian Krupke, at Purdue University in Indiana, said: “Bayer and Syngenta’s commitment to pollinator health should include publishing these data.
(2) In 2013, the Mail On Sunday reported that Umunna belonged to a “shady” City men’s club where bottles of brandy went for £4,000 a pop, that he hung out with celebrities, and that he would happily pay £1,200 for a suit.
(3) Where would I get 15 grand for a watch?” As for the “shady” club, Umunna says he did attend a business function at its restaurant, but is not a member.
(4) Doubles from £82 Royal Jardins Boutique Hotel Two blocks from the grandiose, futuristic sweep of Paulista Avenue, South America's Broadway, and right by its shady Triannon park, this is a hotel with all the cream tones, clever lighting and marble lobby that say "posh".
(5) The permanent collection of period paintings and furniture is small, but afterwards, most visitors can't resist afternoon tea in the cafe housed in a greenhouse amid its shady garden.
(6) Karimova blamed her latest problems firmly on her mother, who she claimed had promised to "destroy" her for trying (unsuccessfully) in October to prevent the arrest of Akbarali Abdullayev, Gulnara Karimova's cousin and Tatyana Karimova's nephew, who she suggested knew too much about the allegedly shady business affairs of his aunt.
(7) Hopefully Tunisia’s coastline will be developed prudently in coming years, avoiding the speculation and shady deals of Spain’s Costa del Sol.
(8) How much Cristina knew of her husband's allegedly shady activities is hotly contested.
(9) As an added bonus there is a shady courtyard area – which is just as well because people who get a table inside don’t move.
(10) The lower level rooms each have shady balconies and white-cushioned loungers on which to doze before a dip in the attractive pool.
(11) Kanoniuk said an audience member successfully answered: “One is a Goodyear and another is a great year.” Shady Music Facts (@musicnews_shade) "I'd rather die than work in Vegas."
(12) With evasive answers, shady characters and FBI investigations, there must be something going on.
(13) The election of Shady Alsuleiman, our first Australian-born imam, as ANIC’s president is an important resetting point.” Josh Frydenberg says grand mufti had 'graphic failure' of leadership Read more Fierravanti-Wells had herself called for a stronger statement from the grand mufti.
(14) The mining company official was reported to have said that "well-connected elites are generating millions of dollars in personal income by hiring teams of diggers to hand-extract diamonds" from Chiadzwa, before reselling the stones to shady foreign buyers.
(15) The Taxi & Limousine Commission has a duty to protect the public from unsavory businesses and their shady practices,” wrote Phillips.
(16) Celia Stubbs , Peach's partner, the dogged campaigners of Inquest , which was set up partly in response to the shady way in which Peach's death was investigated, and Jenny Jones of the Metropolitan Police Authority , who have all fought so hard for this, are to be congratulated.
(17) It is repeatedly claimed that dangerous criminals and shady public figures are using European law to request that Google removes information about them, abusing rights designed to allow individuals some say over personal information that is inaccurate, irrelevant or outdated, and holds no public interest .
(18) But he gets a little shady when he's taking shots at his colleagues without looking at the work.
(19) And I’m saying that with the utmost respect, because there are people who will think of all this as shady.
(20) What’s in David Cameron’s tax returns: a few strokes of luck but no shady shenanigans Read more Raab told Sky News’s Murnaghan show: “Amid all the froth and frenzy of the media debate, it seems crystal clear not only that he has not done anything illegal, but that he has not behaved improperly in any way.