slightly suspect
Frequency: 6.07.2 per million words
Slightly untrustworthy.
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- The alibi provided by the main suspect was slightly suspect.
- Her motives for donating large sums of money seemed slightly suspect to the tax authorities.
- The origins of the ancient artifact were slightly suspect, leading to much debate.
- He had a slightly suspect reputation in business circles due to a past scandal.
- The unusual silence from the normally noisy neighbors made their whereabouts slightly suspect.
- The quality of the cheap electronics was slightly suspect, so I decided to buy a different brand.
- The politician's sudden change of policy appeared slightly suspect to his constituents.
- The company's financial reports looked slightly suspect, prompting an investigation.
- His explanation for being late was slightly suspect, given the lack of traffic.
- The judge found the witness's testimony to be slightly suspect.