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[ adjective ] open to doubt or suspicion
Synonyms Examples "the candidate's doubtful past" "he has a dubious record indeed" "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or false" "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` Kelsey is very doubtful for the Rice game '' , Meek said . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Since the Supreme_Court 's decision of that year this is more doubtful ; and if a poll had been taken immediately following the dispatch of troops to Little_Rock I believe the majority would have been for the Old_South . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)It is doubtful that Utopia is still widely read because More was medieval or even because he was a martyr - indeed , it is likely that these days many who read Utopia with interest do not even know that its author was a martyr . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] fraught with uncertainty or doubt
Synonyms Examples "they were doubtful that the cord would hold" "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted" "dubious about agreeing to go" Used in print (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)Pauling looked doubtful . Related terms |
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