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supposed

adj. designed to; "medication that is supposed to relieve pain"; "what's that gadget supposed to do?"

supposed

adj. firmly believed; "the way things are supposed to be"

alleged(a), so-called, supposed

adj. doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"

conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious

adj. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"

ostensive

adj. manifestly demonstrative

putative(a)

adj. purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the putative author of the book"

witting

adj. aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists"

intentional, knowing

adj. characterized by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"

well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant

adj. marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a well-meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant criticism"

anticipated, awaited(p), hoped-for

adj. expected hopefully

due(p)

adj. scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes"

foreseen, foretold, predicted

adj. known beforehand

matter-of-course

adj. expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome

Apocryphal

adj. of or belonging to the Apocrypha

disputed, challenged, questioned

adj. subject to disagreement and debate

debatable, problematic, problematical

adj. open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"

doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in question(p)

adj. open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney

fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious

adj. not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"

impugnable

adj. subject to being discredited

self-styled, soi-disant

adj. as claimed by and for yourself often without justification; "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind"

academic

adj. hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question"

abstractive

adj. of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting; "abstractive analysis"

notional, speculative

adj. not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"

metaphysical

adj. highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning"

theory-based

adj. based in theory rather than experiment; "theory-based arguments and positions"

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