doubtful
IPA: dˈaʊtfʌɫ
noun
- A doubtful person or thing.
adjective
- Subject to, or causing doubt.
- Experiencing or showing doubt, skeptical.
- Undecided or of uncertain outcome.
- (obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
- Improbable or unlikely.
- Suspicious, or of dubious character.
- Unclear or unreliable.
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Examples of "doubtful" in Sentences
- The identity of the tribe is doubtful.
- The etymology of the village is doubtful.
- An agnostic is doubtful of the existence of a god.
- The question and answer are polemic and of doubtful accuracy.