dubious origin

collocation in English

meaningsofdubiousandorigin

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dubious
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒuː.bi.əs/us
/ˈduː.bi.əs/
thought not to be completely true or not able to ...
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origin
noun
uk
/ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/us
/ˈɔːr.ə.dʒɪn/
the beginning or cause ...
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(Definition ofdubiousandoriginfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdubious origin

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The meat is both bad and expensive, as well as ofdubiousorigin.
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This is an extremely dangerous phenomenon, and one of the most significant remedies has been to stem the online sale of medicines ofdubiousorigin.
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It is not a question of my saying that some of the figures that he gives are ofdubiousorigin.
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Imports of garlic ofdubiousoriginhave continued to increase.
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If you read your newspapers, you read of garages containing cars which are found to carry watches and other things ofdubiousorigin.
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I think that many of them are of extremelydubiousorigin.
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However, as of 2011, the federal government has not attempted to seize the eight examples considered ofdubiousorigin.
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His activity was illegal and the liquor, which cost one mark per glass, was often of quitedubiousorigin.
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It is based on factors of doubtful definition, multiplied by weightings of dubious origins.
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Their rapidly expanded offshore financial services sectors are at risk from funds with dubious origins.
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