This distinction is dubious.

The best of a dubious lot.

And they are more dubious than confident.

But the overall impact of ODA remains dubious.

The Fed declined to regulate these dubious practices.

Whether democracy will ensue is much more dubious.

And so he looked very dubious, Asanga did.

Mexico now seems poised to join this dubious club.

I have the dubious pleasure of serving as your defense.

Economic sanctions alone are dubious against the world s most sanctioned country.

The problem was exacerbated by fraudulent, or at least dubious, evaluation practices.

The results showed that some people were giving quot dubious quot replies.

Indeed, on closer inspection, it proves to be dubious, when not simply wrong.

Consider the dubious results from the G 8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, in 2005.

Now the Fukushima tragedy is being used to justify continuing these economically dubious programs.

To apply it to anencephalic fetuses requires a further, and much more dubious, step.

It becomes much more dubious when it interferes with sexual acts between consenting adults.

But I must tell you in all honesty, I'm extremely dubious about the results.

This is not due solely to our foreign policy, or even to dubious economic policies.

The benefits have become more dubious, while the costs and risks have grown increasingly evident.

Tony learns about the ontologically promiscuous, the epistemologically anxious, the ethically dubious, the metaphysically ridiculous.

Entrepreneurs of dubious quality no doubt entered as well, thanks to the generosity of the state.

like dubious and indubitalbly, which were subsequently borrowed into English from the same Latin root, dubitare .

That logic is dubious, given how many similar crises have hit widely differing systems over the centuries.

Quantitative easing is a blunt instrument, at best, and operates through highly circuitous and thus dubious channels.

Special interests would not be peddling such dubious pabulum if they felt confident about the economy s future.

It was a very dubious looking, nay, a very dark and dismal night, bitingly cold and cheerless.

However dubious Bush s actions may have been on both counts, interest rates on US public debt actually fell.

In fact, many of the federalist arguments look dubious in particular, there is no single European social model.

The Chinese government has also begun a ferocious crackdown on social media, arresting prominent activists on dubious charges.

I just popped in to pay my dubious respects... and inquire as to the state of your health.

Well, sir a free translation would be that Meacham's a yellowbellied polecat of dubious antecedents and conjectural progeny.

Given the dubious benefits of still lower real interest rates, placing central bank credibility at risk would be irresponsible.

Three months from now, when Mexico s new president Felipe Calderón takes office, many will consider it a dubious honor.

For one thing, ICRC feels that the result would be of dubious value and could even be counter productive.

And a lot of licit banks were also happy to accept deposits from very dubious sources without questions being asked.

Experts would remind us that Kazakhstan had never been a country, and that Ukrainian claims to independence are historically dubious.

The Nepali Congress Party, for example, has chosen to remain in opposition, dubious of the Maoists commitment to democratic politics.

Matters became even more dubious as the vote tallies were collected and recorded at the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK).

And a lot of licit banks were also happy to accept deposits from very dubious sources without questions being asked.

While both proposals have merit, whether they will be enough to stabilize our dangerously unstable financial systems is at best dubious.

Prices are increasing, more transactions are being conducted in cash, and more dubious business figures are arriving from around the world.

More meaningful analysis would be obtained by having more reliable data for fewer countries, rather than imputing data using dubious methods.

But some dubious assertions have, through constant repetition in recent, often breathless, accounts about the two economies, become part of conventional wisdom.

It is not naïve to believe that nuclear deterrence is both fragile operationally, and of thoroughly dubious utility in sustaining the peace.