dubious in English

adjective

1

hesitating or doubting.

Alex looked dubious, but complied

synonyms: doubtful, uncertain, unsure, hesitant, undecided, indefinite, unresolved, up in the air, vacillating, irresolute, skeptical, suspicious, iffy

2

not to be relied upon; suspect.

extremely dubious assumptions

synonyms: suspicious, suspect, untrustworthy, unreliable, questionable, shady, fishy

adjective

doubtful, uncertain, unsure, hesitant, undecided, indefinite, unresolved, up in the air, vacillating, irresolute, skeptical, suspicious, iffy
suspicious, suspect, untrustworthy, unreliable, questionable, shady, fishy
doubtful
doubtful, dubitable, in question

Use "dubious" in a sentence

1. The Dubious Power of Amulets

2. I remain dubious about her motives.

3. 3 What he said yesterday was dubious.

4. 13 He is a dubious character.

5. 9 It sounds a morally dubious proposition.

6. Dubious states: Albocracy – government by white people

7. These claims are dubious and not scientifically proven.

8. Obviously genuine pieces, but of very dubious provenance.

9. 2 I remain dubious about her motives.

10. Annes is a dame of dubious virtue.

11. No, I'm afraid she holds that dubious honor.

12. He has been associated with some dubious characters.

13. 14 He has taken up with some dubious characters.

14. 12 He has been associated with some dubious characters.

15. 11 He uses some dubious shifts to get money.

16. The firm was accused of dubious accounting practices.

17. 10 The room was decorated in dubious taste.

18. His arguments are undercut by dubious statistics and projections.

19. I'm dubious about his promises to change his ways.

20. “Atavistic oncology”: Another dubious cancer therapy to be avoided

21. 1 The firm was accused of dubious accounting practices.

22. 5 The firm was accused of dubious accounting practices.

23. Apocrypha definition is - writings or statements of dubious authenticity

24. Synonyms: dubious, legendary, doubtful, questionable More Synonyms of Apocryphal

25. This claim seems to us to be rather dubious.

26. 4 These claims are dubious and not scientifically proven.

27. He applies the same insouciance to other dubious choices.

28. 8 I'm dubious about his promises to change his ways.

29. Be careful - some companies use dubious tactics to sell timeshare .

30. The tests have been shown to be of dubious validity.

31. 5 This claim seems to us to be rather dubious.

32. 3 In one corner lay some ironmongery of dubious aspect.

33. His background is a trifle dubious, to say the least.

34. 7 The tests have been shown to be of dubious validity.

35. 24 His background is a trifle dubious, to say the least.

36. For men, manicure has often been associated with slightly dubious characters.

37. בְּדֹ֫לַח noun [masculine] probably Bdellium (ᵑ6; ᵑ7 בְּדוּלְחָא; etymology dubious; Lag Ges

38. I was given the dubious privilege of organizing the summer fair.

39. Many critics regard this argument as dubious or, at best, misleading.

40. 6 Max was given the dubious honour of organizing the children's party.

41. 18 The Shakespearean shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.

42. 21 synonyms for Clouded: ambiguous, borderline, chancy, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal

43. 43 synonyms for Ambiguous: unclear, puzzling, uncertain, obscure, vague, doubtful, dubious

44. Brother Laxman, my wife's dubious reputation casts doubt upon my own.

45. 18 I was given the dubious privilege of organizing the summer fair.

46. The regents were still unwilling to accept verdicts of such dubious historicity.

47. 22 He ran with a lot of dubious characters when he was young.

48. Plutonium mining for dubious ends was one of the plots foiled by Dan.

49. The Appeal Court judge said that his conviction was of dubious legality.

50. 19 They consider the plan to be of dubious benefit to most families.