Definition: 1. Marked by or capable of arousing controversy. 2. Causing a lot of angry public discussion and disagreement.
Use 'controversial' in a sentence:
1. The changes are bound to be controversial.
2. His debut in the central role is controversial.
3. Major Controversial Scientific Experiments& Human Animal Hybrid Embryo Research.
4. It was an eventful and controversial race.
5. A controversial decision [ statement]
6. People rarely reach an absolute consensus on such a controversial issue.
7. He is a controversial person.
8. The pathogenic potential of Blastocystis hominis is still controversial because many epidemiologic and experimental animal studies gave quite different conclusions.
9. Immigration is a controversial issue in many countries.
10. These ideas remain controversial.
11. With me today is Meghan Brown, an environmental activist whose controversial new book Beyond Recycling is making headlines.
12. The government brought in a controversial law under which it could take any land it wanted.
13. There has been some success with this, but it's still somewhat controversial.
14. Ranking schools is always controversial, and this year a group of 38 superintendents from five states wrote to ask that their schools be excluded from the calculation.
15. Dillia realized the plan was expensive and potentially controversial.
16. The situation in the Middle East has been a controversial topic for decades.
17. Both sides had agreed to use neutral terms in their references to each other, avoiding controversial ones.
18. Right now, the notion that conventional computers and software are fundamentally incapable of matching the processes that take place in the brain remains controversial.
19. The latest and most controversial of the three scripts is Isthmian.
20. The distinction between craft and fine art is more controversial.
21. While most of western festivals enjoy great popularity worldwide, Halloween is something of a controversial festival in England.
22. Pre-K is controversial.
23. It is a controversial policy which has attracted international censure.
24. Barbeque stopper, Australian slang, refers to a topic of constant and widespread conversation which is controversial and of contemporary significance.
25. The report's authors say the ten most effective changes can all be achieved without recourse to controversial new technologies.
26. Her controversial comment was followed by an awkward silence.
27. Last fall's controversial "land grab" reported by the World Bank noted that, since 1990, Latin American soybean yields grew at twice the speed of America's.
28. The villagers are talking about controversial ground.
29. The removal of dams remains controversial because of high restoration costs, loss of low-cost electricity, and the loss of water storage facilities.
30. It is not controversial to say that an unhealthy diet causes bad health.
31. Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon were both controversial figures.
32. That was a controversial move.
33. Controversial energy measures are slated for Senate debate within days.
34. Flannery's book proved highly controversial.
35. In tradition-minded Britain, the Turner Prize is often controversial and no more so than this year.
36. The shift, little noticed outside the medical establishment but already controversial inside it, suggests that doctors are starting to redefine their roles, from being concerned exclusively about individual patients to exerting influence on how healthcare dollars are spent.
37. Predictably, the use of such contracts is controversial, not least because they give no guarantee of work, yet often deny the opportunity to seek employment elsewhere – some zero hours contracts oblige workers to seek permission before they can take on other jobs.
38. Regional policy has always been controversial within EU as an important problem.
39. It is proving controversial in the extreme.
40. But as I alluded to earlier, Pleistocene rewilding is extremely controversial.
41. Before adjourning, councillors must stop procrastinating and revisit this controversial issue.
42. This controversial aspect of computer research.
43. He is a controversial figure.
44. The most controversial aspect of Marconi's life and the reason why there has been no satisfying biography of Marconi until now was his uncritical embrace of Benito Mussolini.
45. They can see themselves going out on a limb, voting for a very controversial energy bill.
46. United States, the majority overturned three of the four contested provisions of Arizona's controversial plan to have state and local police enforce federal immigration law.
47. The description of any animal as an "evolutionary throwback" is controversial.
48. The committee backtracked by scrapping the controversial bonus system.
49. She's not feminist with a capital F but she's fairly controversial.
50. Doctors yesterday delivered an overwhelming vote of no confidence in controversial health service shake-ups.
51. Abortion is once again a controversial political and moral issue.
52. These tracks were calculated to be controversial and attract attention to the album.
53. The purpose of the journey is to mobilise public opinion on the controversial issue.
