Word: impugnable
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...flashes of temper that were once the terror of his staff-and of his opponents. They have been replaced by an equanimity and inner ease that is reflected in his desire to campaign chiefly on the record of his administration-and to respond to Democratic attacks only when they impugn or falsify that record...
...over Europe. Communists have made great play with their claim of having been the greatest anti-fascist and resistance fighters of them all. Faced with evidence that they had murdered, betrayed or eliminated non- Communist leaders, Communists retort that their critics are trying to impugn the glory of the resistance, and, besides, it was wartime, spies were everywhere, and things were confused...
...this was the worst kind of abuse: "Any Senator has the right to question . . . or condemn an official action of the body of which he is a member, or of the constituent committees which are working arms of the Senate, in proper language. But he has no right to impugn the motives of individual Senators responsible for official action, nor to reflect upon their personal character for what official action they took. If the rules and procedures were otherwise, no Senator could have freedom of action to perform his assigned committee duties. If a Senator must first give consideration...
...public life, the ambassador found the Indians not quite so ready to take to him. The newly independent Indians were ready to impugn U.S. motives and policies even before Bowles was able to explain them. The worst side of racial discrimination in the U.S. was worked into daily, throbbing headlines by the sensational Indian press and often by the more responsible papers. At every meeting he addressed, Bowles waited for his chance to explain the inevitable question: "What about the discrimination against American Negroes...
...Loyalty is one word. What other word would you use to state what you impugn...