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dubious

[ doo-bee-uhs, dyoo- ]

adjective

  1. doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt:

    a dubious reply.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable:

    a dubious compliment; a dubious transaction.

  3. of uncertain outcome:

    in dubious battle.

  4. wavering or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt.

    Synonyms: , ,



dubious

/ ˈːɪə /

adjective

  1. marked by or causing doubt

    a dubious reply

  2. unsettled in mind; uncertain; doubtful
  3. of doubtful quality; untrustworthy

    a dubious reputation

  4. not certain in outcome
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈܲdzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • b·dzܲ· adverb
  • b·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • p·b·dzܲ adjective
  • super·b·dzܲ· adverb
  • super·b·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·b·dzܲ adjective
  • un·b·dzܲ· adverb
  • un·b·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dubious1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin dubius; doubt ( def )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dubious1

C16: from Latin dubius wavering
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Ten Hag achieved another dubious honour in 2023-24 - his side lost 14 games in the Premier League, a club record.

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But Austrian investigators are recorded as saying it is "incomprehensible" that Ms Doncheva believed such "dubious stories".

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The team had found a clever - and dubious - way to use anti-stall as launch control.

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This has been seen by legal experts as a dubious claim, and one subject to challenge in the Supreme Court.

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But the dubious factual accuracy of this aside, all signs point to Trump – like his predecessors Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Clinton – reinvigorating the war on drugs at home and abroad.

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