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questionable advantage

  • 1 съмнителен

    1. (несигурен) doubtful, problematic, questionable
    съмнителен комплимент an equivocal compliment
    съмнителен случай a doubtful/marginal/borderline case
    2. (подозрителен) suspicious, dubious
    разг. fishy
    (за репутация и пр.) shady; dingy
    съмнителна личност a suspicious character
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    съмнѝтелен,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни 1. ( несигурен) doubtful, doubtable; problematic, questionable, shaky; \съмнителенен резултат equivocal outcome; \съмнителенен случай doubtful/marginal/borderline case;
    2. ( подозрителен) suspicious, dubious; equivocal; разг. fishy, dodgy; (за репутация и пр.) shady; dingy; \съмнителенна личност dubious character.
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    doubtful ; problematic(al): His visit is а little съмнителен. - Посещението му е малко съмнително.; disputable (подозрителен): The result is still съмнителен. - Резултатът все още е съмнителен.; equivocal ; moot {mu;t}; murky ; questionable
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    1. (за репутация и пр.) shady;dingy 2. (несигурен) doubtful, problematic, questionable 3. (подозрителен) suspicious, dubious 4. СЪМНИТЕЛЕН комплимент an equivocal compliment 5. СЪМНИТЕЛЕН случай a doubtful/ marginal/borderline case 6. разг. fishy 7. съмнителна личност a suspicious character 8. съмнителна честност dubious honesty 9. съмнителни действия sharppractice. 10. съмнително предимство a questionable advantage

    Български-английски речник > съмнителен

  • 2 сомнительный

    1) ( вызывающий сомнения) doubtful, questionable

    сомни́тельное преиму́щество — questionable advantage

    ещё бо́лее сомни́тельным явля́ется то, что — it is still more arguable that

    2) (не внушающий доверия, подозрительный) dubious, doubtful

    сомни́тельная репута́ция — doubtful reputation

    сомни́тельной че́стности — of dubious honesty

    сомни́тельные дела́ — shady dealings

    сомни́тельное про́шлое — questionable / suspicious / dubious past

    3) ( двусмысленный) dubious, equivocal

    сомни́тельный комплиме́нт — dubious compliment

    ••

    сомни́тельный креди́т, сомни́тельная ссу́да фин. — problem / bad loan

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > сомнительный

  • 3 сомнительный

    1. doubtful, questionable

    ещё более сомнительным является то, что — it is still more arguable that

    2. (не внушающий доверия, подозрительный) dubious; (о репутации тж.) shady
    3. ( двусмысленный) dubious, equivocal

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > сомнительный

  • 4 cuestionable

    adj.
    questionable, debatable.
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    1 questionable
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    adj.
    * * *
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    adjetivo questionable
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    = moot, dubious, questionable, arguable.
    Ex. The data having already been collected, attempts to impose consistency as part of the collection process were moot, as were questions of its continued maintenance once it was published in book form.
    Ex. On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex. It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    Ex. What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.
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    adjetivo questionable
    * * *
    = moot, dubious, questionable, arguable.

    Ex: The data having already been collected, attempts to impose consistency as part of the collection process were moot, as were questions of its continued maintenance once it was published in book form.

    Ex: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex: It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    Ex: What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.

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    questionable
    * * *
    questionable, debatable
    * * *
    adj questionable
    * * *
    : questionable, dubious

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuestionable

  • 5 dudoso

    adj.
    1 doubtful, insecure, in doubt, hesitant.
    2 doubtful, uncertain, unlikely, improbable.
    3 dubious, arguable, doubtable, doubtful.
    4 of dubious origin, fishy, louche.
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    1 (incierto) doubtful, uncertain
    2 (vacilante) hesitant, undecided
    3 (sospechoso) suspicious, dubious
    4 (poco seguro) questionable
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    (f. - dudosa)
    adj.
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    dudoso, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=incierto) [diagnóstico, futuro] doubtful, uncertain; [resultado] indecisive

    de origen dudoso — of doubtful o uncertain origin

    aún es dudosa su colaboración — it's still uncertain whether he will collaborate, his collaboration is still uncertain

    2) (=vacilante) [persona] hesitant

    estar dudoso — to be undecided, be in two minds

    3) (=sospechoso) [actuación, dinero, reputación] dubious
    2.
    SM / F

    el voto de los dudosos — the "undecided" vote

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    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( incierto) doubtful

    lo veo dudoso — it's doubtful, I doubt it

    b) <costumbres/moral> dubious, questionable; < victoria> dubious; < decisión> dubious
    c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided
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    = suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspicious, suspicious, unconvinced, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uncleared, iffy [iffier -comp., iffiest -sup.], rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.], borderline, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding.
    Ex. The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.
    Ex. The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.
    Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    Ex. On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex. It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    Ex. This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.
    Ex. This program can also discover misconfigured or faulty applications that generate suspicious data traffic.
    Ex. Many educators still remain unconvinced of the value of school libraries in the school.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex. I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.
    Ex. The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.
    Ex. An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.
    Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex. But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.
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    * con dudosa reputación = disreputable.
    * conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.
    * estar dudoso = be doubtful.
    * proceder dudoso = unfair practice.
    * que parece dudoso = dubious-sounding.
    * ser dudoso = be doubtful.
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    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( incierto) doubtful

    lo veo dudoso — it's doubtful, I doubt it

    b) <costumbres/moral> dubious, questionable; < victoria> dubious; < decisión> dubious
    c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided
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    = suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspicious, suspicious, unconvinced, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uncleared, iffy [iffier -comp., iffiest -sup.], rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.], borderline, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding.

    Ex: The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.

    Ex: The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.
    Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    Ex: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex: It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    Ex: This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.
    Ex: This program can also discover misconfigured or faulty applications that generate suspicious data traffic.
    Ex: Many educators still remain unconvinced of the value of school libraries in the school.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex: I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.
    Ex: The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.
    Ex: An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.
    Ex: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex: But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.
    * con dudosa reputación = disreputable.
    * conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.
    * estar dudoso = be doubtful.
    * proceder dudoso = unfair practice.
    * que parece dudoso = dubious-sounding.
    * ser dudoso = be doubtful.

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    dudoso -sa
    1 (incierto) doubtful
    lo veo dudoso it's doubtful, I doubt it
    su participación aún está dudosa it is still uncertain whether they will take part
    es dudoso que cumpla su promesa it's doubtful o I doubt whether he'll keep his promise
    2 ‹costumbres/moral› dubious, questionable; ‹victoria› dubious
    una campaña publicitaria de dudoso gusto an advertising campaign in dubious o doubtful taste
    una decisión dudosa a doubtful o dubious decision
    3 (indeciso) hesitant, undecided
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    dudoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo





    dudoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (poco probable) unlikely, doubtful
    (incierto) los orígenes de la creación son dudosos, the origins of creation are uncertain
    (con pocas garantías) la atribución a Velázquez es dudosa, the attribution to Velazquez is doubtful
    2 (indeciso, vacilante) undecided: estaba dudoso, he was hesitant
    3 (turbio) dubious
    ' dudoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dudosa
    - incierto
    - oscuro
    English:
    bad debt
    - borderline
    - doubtful
    - dubious
    - moot
    - questionable
    - touch
    - uncertain
    - border
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    dudoso, -a adj
    1. [improbable] doubtful;
    una palabra de origen dudoso a word of doubtful origin;
    lo veo dudoso I doubt it;
    ser dudoso (que) to be doubtful (whether), to be unlikely (that);
    es dudoso que asista a la reunión it's unlikely (that) he'll attend the meeting, it's doubtful whether he'll attend the meeting
    2. [vacilante] hesitant, indecisive;
    estaba dudoso sobre qué hacer she was unsure about what to do
    3. [sospechoso] questionable, dubious;
    un individuo de dudosa reputación an individual of dubious reputation;
    una broma de gusto dudoso a joke in questionable taste;
    un penalti dudoso a dubious penalty
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    adj
    1 ( incierto) doubtful, dubious
    2 ( indeciso) hesitant
    * * *
    dudoso, -sa adj
    1) : doubtful
    2) : dubious, questionable
    ♦ dudosamente adv
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    dudoso adj (en general) doubtful
    estoy dudoso, no sé qué coche elegir I'm doubtful, I don't know which car to choose

    Spanish-English dictionary > dudoso

  • 6 discutible

    adj.
    1 debatable.
    2 arguable, controvertible, argumentary, controversial.
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    1 debatable, questionable
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    ADJ debatable, arguable

    650 euros discutibles — 650 euros o.n.o.

    es discutible si... — it is debatable o arguable whether...

    * * *

    eso es discutible — that's debatable o that's a matter of opinion

    * * *
    = moot, controversial, dubious, questionable.
    Ex. The data having already been collected, attempts to impose consistency as part of the collection process were moot, as were questions of its continued maintenance once it was published in book form.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex. It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
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    * ser discutible = be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.
    * * *

    eso es discutible — that's debatable o that's a matter of opinion

    * * *
    = moot, controversial, dubious, questionable.

    Ex: The data having already been collected, attempts to impose consistency as part of the collection process were moot, as were questions of its continued maintenance once it was published in book form.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex: It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    * ser discutible = be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.

    * * *
    su ecuanimidad es bastante discutible her impartiality is somewhat debatable o dubious
    una persona de gustos muy discutibles a person of very dubious tastes
    fue una excelente actuación — bueno, eso es discutible it was an excellent performance — well, that's debatable o that's a matter of opinion
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    discutible adjetivo
    debatable
    discutible adjetivo debatable, arguable: eso es discutible, that's a matter of opinion
    ' discutible' also found in these entries:
    English:
    arguable
    - contentious
    - debatable
    - debate
    - disputable
    - moot
    - opinion
    - question
    - questionable
    - dubious
    - matter
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    debatable;
    lo que dices es muy discutible what you say is highly debatable;
    una decisión más que discutible a highly questionable decision;
    su discutible reputación como abogado his questionable reputation as a lawyer
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    adj debatable
    * * *
    : arguable, debatable

    Spanish-English dictionary > discutible

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