dubious
adjective
doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt.
dubiousness
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a word derived from
dubious.
Example Sentences
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The price decline probably also reflects a dubiousness that rescheduling will actually happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Kurt Krause, a lawyer representing one of the fake electors, John Haggard, said in court Thursday that “the probability of conviction is low, given the dubiousness of the factual basis asserted by the government.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
An exact timeline for the rollout of the update was not given and Samsung did not address the dubiousness of popular benchmarking apps being excluded from throttling.
From The Verge ● Mar. 4, 2022
That includes Masha herself, a Goop-tastic creation whose studied smile, meant to convey a sense of reassurance, is locked in an eternal battle with a non-specific accent prickling with dubiousness.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2021
But such a question never presented itself to Pierre; the spontaneous responsiveness of his being left no shadow of dubiousness as to the direct point he must aim at.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
