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  • 1 cuestionable

    qüestionable

    Vocabulario Castellano-Catalán > cuestionable

  • 2 calidad cuestionable

    • questionable quality
    • shoddiness

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > calidad cuestionable

  • 3 pago cuestionable

    • questionable payment

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > pago cuestionable

  • 4 cuestionable

    adj.
    questionable, debatable.
    * * *
    1 questionable
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    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.
    * * *
    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.

    * * *
    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.
    * * *
    1 (incierto) doubtful, uncertain
    2 (vacilante) hesitant, undecided
    3 (sospechoso) suspicious, dubious
    4 (poco seguro) questionable
    * * *
    (f. - dudosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    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

    * * *
    - 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
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    - 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
    * * *
    = 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.

    * * *
    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
    * * *

    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
    * * *
    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.
    ----
    * 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
    * * *

    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

  • 7 bobadas

    f.pl.
    bunkum, tripe, balderdash, tommyrot.
    * * *
    = buncombe, bunkum, bunk.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    * * *
    = buncombe, bunkum, bunk.

    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.

    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.

    * * *
    bobadas npl nonsense

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobadas

  • 8 chorradas

    f.pl.
    nonsense, baloney, meaningless stuff, hogwash.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex. This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex. Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex. For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
    ----
    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex: This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex: Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex: For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chorradas

  • 9 cuestionar

    v.
    1 to question.
    El detective cuestionó al pillo The detective questioned the thief.
    2 to challenge, to bring into question, to doubt, to question.
    El profesor cuestionó su conclusión The teacher challenged his conclusion.
    3 to have objections about.
    * * *
    1 to question
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to question
    2.
    cuestionarse v pron to ask oneself
    * * *
    = challenge, question, render + suspect, query, render + questionable.
    Ex. The only difference is the cataloger doesn't have to sit down and challenge himself, select one entry over the other, and say that this person is more responsible than another person for the work.
    Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex. Poor standards of cataloguing in the past render many examples of retrospective music bibliography suspect.
    Ex. The author queries the value of selecting so much sexually permissive teenage fiction for young people who are already sexually afire, given the dangers of unwanted pregnancies and AIDS.
    Ex. Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.
    ----
    * cuestionar la validez de = bring into + question the validity of, question + the validity of.
    * hacer que Alguien se cuestione Algo = make + Nombre + wonder.
    * no cuestionarse la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspend + disbelief.
    * que no se ha cuestionado = unquestioned, unscrutinised [unscrutinized, -USA].
    * sin cuestionarlo = uncritically.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to question
    2.
    cuestionarse v pron to ask oneself
    * * *
    = challenge, question, render + suspect, query, render + questionable.

    Ex: The only difference is the cataloger doesn't have to sit down and challenge himself, select one entry over the other, and say that this person is more responsible than another person for the work.

    Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex: Poor standards of cataloguing in the past render many examples of retrospective music bibliography suspect.
    Ex: The author queries the value of selecting so much sexually permissive teenage fiction for young people who are already sexually afire, given the dangers of unwanted pregnancies and AIDS.
    Ex: Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.
    * cuestionar la validez de = bring into + question the validity of, question + the validity of.
    * hacer que Alguien se cuestione Algo = make + Nombre + wonder.
    * no cuestionarse la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspend + disbelief.
    * que no se ha cuestionado = unquestioned, unscrutinised [unscrutinized, -USA].
    * sin cuestionarlo = uncritically.

    * * *
    cuestionar [A1 ]
    vt
    to question
    to ask oneself
    debemos cuestionarnos si es necesario we must ask ourselves o we must question whether it is necessary
    * * *

    cuestionar ( conjugate cuestionar) verbo transitivo
    to question
    cuestionar verbo transitivo to question
    ' cuestionar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discutir
    English:
    challenge
    - dispute
    - query
    - question
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to question
    * * *
    v/t question
    * * *
    : to question
    * * *
    cuestionar vb to question

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuestionar

  • 10 estupideces

    f.pl.
    nonsense, drivel, inane remarks, inanities.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk
    Ex. The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk

    Ex: The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estupideces

  • 11 poner en cuestión

    (v.) = call into + question, render + questionable
    Ex. Some of the work discussed in chapter 28 may seem to call into question the value of this research.
    Ex. Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.
    * * *
    (v.) = call into + question, render + questionable

    Ex: Some of the work discussed in chapter 28 may seem to call into question the value of this research.

    Ex: Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner en cuestión

  • 12 tonterías

    intj.
    nonsense, hooey, rats, rot.
    f.pl.
    1 nonsense, bunk, baloney, boloney.
    2 stupidity, stupid thing.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash
    Ex. The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex. He describes as 'pure moonshine' the account that Columbus supposedly failed to persuade professors of mathematics, geography, and astronomy that the world was round.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash

    Ex: The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex: He describes as 'pure moonshine' the account that Columbus supposedly failed to persuade professors of mathematics, geography, and astronomy that the world was round.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.

    * * *
    tonterías npl nonsense

    Spanish-English dictionary > tonterías

  • 13 Comisión Federal de Comercio

    Ex. The Committee also was designed to function as a watchdog and to receive reports on questionable sales practices and transmit them to agencies such as the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.
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    Ex: The Committee also was designed to function as a watchdog and to receive reports on questionable sales practices and transmit them to agencies such as the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Comisión Federal de Comercio

  • 14 Oficina para el Mejor Comercio

    Ex. The Committee also was designed to function as a watchdog and to receive reports on questionable sales practices and transmit them to agencies such as the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.
    * * *

    Ex: The Committee also was designed to function as a watchdog and to receive reports on questionable sales practices and transmit them to agencies such as the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Oficina para el Mejor Comercio

  • 15 a menos que

    unless
    * * *
    * * *
    = unless, short of
    Ex. The future of the scheme is questionable unless more positive central management can be achieved.
    Ex. After days of contemplating the large number of variables I now believe that a leisure society is inevitable, short of global catastrophe.
    * * *
    = unless, short of

    Ex: The future of the scheme is questionable unless more positive central management can be achieved.

    Ex: After days of contemplating the large number of variables I now believe that a leisure society is inevitable, short of global catastrophe.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a menos que

  • 16 a no ser que

    unless
    * * *
    Ex. The future of the scheme is questionable unless more positive central management can be achieved.
    * * *

    Ex: The future of the scheme is questionable unless more positive central management can be achieved.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a no ser que

  • 17 auditor público

    m.
    public auditor.
    * * *
    Ex. It was finally decided that the Public Auditor should look into these highly questionable partisan wheelings and dealings that involved public funds.
    * * *

    Ex: It was finally decided that the Public Auditor should look into these highly questionable partisan wheelings and dealings that involved public funds.

    Spanish-English dictionary > auditor público

  • 18 biocrítico

    = biocritical [bio-critical].
    Nota: Aplicado a aquellas obras que presenta un análisis psico-sociológico de la vida de un personaje.
    Ex. Librarians, with no special knowledge outside the standard library curriculum, possess an questionable competence to evaluate certain categories of reference book, such as bibliographies and dictionaries and bio-critical collective works.
    * * *
    = biocritical [bio-critical].
    Nota: Aplicado a aquellas obras que presenta un análisis psico-sociológico de la vida de un personaje.

    Ex: Librarians, with no special knowledge outside the standard library curriculum, possess an questionable competence to evaluate certain categories of reference book, such as bibliographies and dictionaries and bio-critical collective works.

    Spanish-English dictionary > biocrítico

  • 19 carácter conclusivo

    (n.) = finality, conclusiveness
    Ex. We're questioning whether it's really worth it in terms of finality of data and in terms of revision that we find we have to make sometimes after we've used the CIP data.
    Ex. Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.
    * * *
    (n.) = finality, conclusiveness

    Ex: We're questioning whether it's really worth it in terms of finality of data and in terms of revision that we find we have to make sometimes after we've used the CIP data.

    Ex: Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.

    Spanish-English dictionary > carácter conclusivo

  • 20 carácter definitivo

    m.
    definitiveness, decisiveness, finality.
    * * *
    (n.) = finality, conclusiveness
    Ex. We're questioning whether it's really worth it in terms of finality of data and in terms of revision that we find we have to make sometimes after we've used the CIP data.
    Ex. Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.
    * * *
    (n.) = finality, conclusiveness

    Ex: We're questioning whether it's really worth it in terms of finality of data and in terms of revision that we find we have to make sometimes after we've used the CIP data.

    Ex: Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.

    Spanish-English dictionary > carácter definitivo

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  • questionable — ques|tion|a|ble [ kwestʃənəbl ] adjective * 1. ) possibly not true, accurate, or complete: The results of the test seem highly questionable. 2. ) probably not good, honest, or worth admiring: questionable behavior/conduct/practices questionable… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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