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in question
adjective
1 in question
Open to doubt or suspicion.
synonyms: doubtful, dubious, dubitable.
Roget 665:
in danger
etc.
n.;
endangered
etc.
v.;
fraught with danger;
dangerous,
hazardous,
perilous,
parlous,
periculous†;
unsafe,
unprotected
etc.
(safe, protect)
etc.
664;
insecure.
untrustworthy;
built upon. sand,
on a sandy basis;
wildcat.
defenseless,
fenceless,
guardless†,
harborless;
unshielded;
vulnerable,
expugnable†,
exposed;
open to
etc.
(liable)
177.
aux abois [Fr.],
at bay;
on the wrong side of the wall,
on a lee shore,
on the rocks.
at stake,
in question;
precarious,
critical,
ticklish;
slippery,
slippy;
hanging by a thread
etc.
v.;
with a halter round one's neck;
between the hammer and the anvil,
between Scylla and Charybdis,
between a rock and a hard place,
between the devil and the deep blue sea,
between two fires;
on the edge of a precipice,
on the brink of a precipice,
on the verge of a precipice,
on the edge of a volcano;
in the lion's den,
on slippery ground,
under fire;
not out of the wood.
unwarned,
unadmonished,
unadvised,
unprepared
etc.
674;
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†.
tottering;
unstable,
unsteady;
shaky,
top-heavy,
tumbledown,
ramshackle,
crumbling,
waterlogged;
helpless,
guideless†;
in a bad way;
reduced to the last extremity,
at the last extremity;
trembling in the balance;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162.
threatening
etc.
909;
ominous,
illomened;
alarming
etc.
(fear)
860;
explosive.
adventurous
etc.
(rash)
863,
(bold)
861.
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Roget 475:
uncertain;
casual;
random
etc.
(aimless)
621;
changeable
etc.
149.
doubtful,
dubious;
indecisive;
unsettled,
undecided,
undetermined;
in suspense,
open to discussion;
controvertible;
in question
etc.
(inquiry)
461.
vague;
indeterminate,
indefinite;
ambiguous,
equivocal;
undefined,
undefinable;
confused
etc.
(indistinct)
447;
mystic,
oracular;
dazed.
perplexing
etc.
v.;
enigmatic,
paradoxical,
apocryphal,
problematical,
hypothetical;
experimental
etc.
463.
unpredictable,
unforeseeable
(unknowable)
519.
fallible,
questionable,
precarious,
slippery,
ticklish,
debatable,
disputable;
unreliable,
untrustworthy.
contingent,
contingent on,
dependent on;
subject to;
dependent on circumstances;
occasional;
provisional.
unauthentic,
unauthenticated,
unauthoritative;
unascertained,
unconfirmed;
undemonstrated;
untold,
uncounted.
in a state of uncertainty,
in a cloud,
in a maze;
bushed,
off the track;
ignorant,
etc.
491;
afraid to say;
out of one's reckoning,
astray,
adrift;
at sea,
at fault,
at a loss,
at one's wit's end,
at a nonplus;
puzzled
etc.
v.;
lost,
abroad,
d_esorient_e;
distracted,
distraught.
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Roget 461:
inquiry
etc.
v.;
inquisitive
etc.
(curious)
455;
requisitive†,
requisitory†;
catechetical†,
inquisitorial,
analytic;
in search of,
in quest of;
on the lookout for,
interrogative,
zetetic†;
all searching.
undetermined,
untried,
undecided;
in question,
in dispute,
in issue,
in course of inquiry;
under discussion,
under consideration,
under investigation
etc.
n.;
sub judice [Lat.],
moot,
proposed;
doubtful
etc.
(uncertain)
475.
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Roget 151:
happening
etc.
v.;
going on,
doing,
current;
in the wind,
in the air,
afloat;
on foot,
afoot,
on the tapis†;
at issue,
in question;
incidental.
eventful,
stirring,
bustling,
full of incident;
memorable,
momentous,
signal.
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Polish: problematyczny, niepewny, wÄ…tpliwy
adverb
Roget 454:
under consideration;
in question,
in the mind;
on foot,
on the carpet,
on the docket,
on the tapis†;
relative to
etc.
9.
Moby thesaurus: arguable, at issue, before the house, conditional, conditioned, confutable, conjectural, contestable, contingent, controversial, controvertible, debatable, deniable, dependent, depending, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, iffy, in debate, in dispute, in doubt, in dubio, in suspense, in the balance, mistakable, moot, on the agenda, on the docket, on the floor, on the table, open, open for discussion, open to doubt, open to question, pendent, pending, problematic, questionable, refutable, speculative, sub judice, suppositional, suspect, suspenseful, suspicious, uncounted, undecided, under active consideration, under advisement, under consideration, under examination, under investigation, under surveillance, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unsettled, untold, up for grabs ... show more.
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