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   What does dubious mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! DUBIOUS definition: 1. thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted: 2. feeling doubt or not feeling…. Learn more.

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   How do you use the adjective dubious?

   • Choose the adjective dubious for something you have doubts about or you suspect is not true. That bridge you just "bought" might be of dubious value. Dubious stems from Latin dubiosus, "doubtful" or "uncertain," and contains the Latin root duo in this case meaning "of two minds."

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   What is a dubious distinction?

   • dubious distinction Ruth Ellis has the dubious (= bad) distinction of being the last woman to be hanged in Britain. dubious about I'm dubious about his promises to change his ways. We were always a bit dubious about the advantages these changes would actually bring. Let us think for a moment about the dubious benefits of nuclear technology.

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   What is the difference between dubious and doubtful?

   • This is apparent in that dubious generally describes something that appears one way but is truly another. A dubious claim is probably not true, whereas a dubious website or character is of questionable quality. Dubious can also be synonymous with doubtful, as in "she was dubious about the idea."

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   DUBIOUS definition: 1. thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted: 2. feeling doubt or not feeling…. Learn more.

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     thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted:...

   • Znaczenie Dubious, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     DUBIOUS definicja: 1. thought not to be completely true or...

   • Dubious: Italian Translation

     dubious translate: dubbio, equivoco, dubbioso, incerto,...

   • Dubious: Korean Translation

     dubious translate: 미심쩍은, 의심하는. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Dubious: French Translation

     DUBIOUS translate: hésitant, incertain, suspect. Learn more...

   • Dubious: Catalan Translation

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   • Dubious: German Translation

     dubious translate: im Zweifel, zweifelhaft. Learn more in...

   • Dubious: Polish Translation

     DUBIOUS translate: wątpliwy, nieprzekonany, pełen...

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   1. : unsettled in opinion : doubtful. I was dubious about the plan. 2. : giving rise to uncertainty: such as. a. : of doubtful promise or outcome. a dubious plan. b. : questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality. the practice is of dubious legality. dubiously adverb. dubiousness noun. Did you know?

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   thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted: These claims are dubious and not scientifically proven. He has been associated with some dubious characters. dubious distinction Ruth Ellis has the dubious (= bad) distinction of being the last woman to be hanged in Britain. C2. feeling doubt or not feeling certain:

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   Dubious definition: doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt. See examples of DUBIOUS used in a sentence.

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   If you describe something as dubious, you mean that you do not consider it to be completely honest, safe, or reliable. This claim seems to us to be rather dubious. Soho was still a highly dubious area.

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   There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective dubious, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance. adjective. open to doubt or suspicion. “he has a dubious record indeed” “what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false” synonyms: doubtful, dubitable, in question. questionable. subject to question. adjective. not convinced.