How do you use Doubtful in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like dubious or questionable, plus the exact meaning.
Doubtful meaning
- Subject to, or causing doubt.
- Experiencing or showing doubt, skeptical.
- Undecided or of uncertain outcome.
Synonyms of Doubtful
Using Doubtful
- The main meaning on this page is: Subject to, or causing doubt. | Experiencing or showing doubt, skeptical. | Undecided or of uncertain outcome.
- Useful related words include: dubious, dubitable, in question, questionable.
- In the example corpus, doubtful often appears in combinations such as: doubtful that, is doubtful, it doubtful.
Context around Doubtful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Doubtful
- In this selection, "doubtful" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, date, entering, considered, sort and economic stand out and add context to how "doubtful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include it s doubtful that any and listed as doubtful. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "doubtful" sits close to words such as assassinated, bbq and burlington, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with doubtful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But these numbers are doubtful to some. (7 words)
Expected return date: Doubtful for Wolves, September 16. (8 words)
Fellow tackle Eric Fisher was inactive after entering doubtful with a calf injury. (13 words)
If one audit is so plagued with the doubtful and questionable, then Guyana is in for a terrible time, with how oil expenses accumulate, getting to the bottom of them, and determining if they really belong to this country. (39 words)
And there the story ended, with Ghzvinian ever optimistic in a doubtful sort of way that the best thing that could happen would be for the US and Iran to somehow open negotiations for a comprehensive rapprochement. (37 words)
For Anthony, it is this never-ending wave of mass shootings in the country that has long weighed on her and makes her wonder, and doubtful, about when national gun reform will become a reality. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Along with Stevenson’s status, the Bears will monitor running back D’Onta Foreman (ankle/shin) and offensive tackle Larry Borom (illness), both listed as doubtful.
And there the story ended, with Ghzvinian ever optimistic in a doubtful sort of way that the best thing that could happen would be for the US and Iran to somehow open negotiations for a comprehensive rapprochement.
Armstead, who missed the entire week of practice nursing toe, pectoral, knee and hip injuries, was listed as doubtful.
Blue Bombers defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat is listed as doubtful for Friday's game.
But these numbers are doubtful to some.
Dortmund have also had to contend with constant media speculation over the future of England midfielder Jude Bellingham, who is nursing a knee injury and is doubtful for Saturday’s title decider.
Expected return date: Doubtful for Wolves, September 16.
Fellow tackle Eric Fisher was inactive after entering doubtful with a calf injury.
For Anthony, it is this never-ending wave of mass shootings in the country that has long weighed on her and makes her wonder, and doubtful, about when national gun reform will become a reality.
He and winger Arthur Kaliyev will be sidelined for Saturday’s game at a minimum and should be considered doubtful for Monday’s matchup with Edmonton.
He isn't the pass catching TE was expecting, slow afoot isn't a positive - will he be back in 2024 - doubtful.
How much political power any of Russia’s uber-rich now wield, however, is doubtful.
If one audit is so plagued with the doubtful and questionable, then Guyana is in for a terrible time, with how oil expenses accumulate, getting to the bottom of them, and determining if they really belong to this country.
In all honesty, it's doubtful that any Burnley fan truly believed we could secure a positive outcome against the reigning European champions.
In this context, Sibal further said, “now one of your esteemed colleagues has said that in fact basic structure theory is also doubtful”.
It has been observed in the past that the market shifts to investing in healthcare stocks, when it faces poor or doubtful economic outlook.
It’s doubtful that any player will do as much for his club and still end up on the losing side in any game in the Roscommon championships this year.
It's doubtful that June is a coincidence for the franchise since Ellie has been, since day one, a lesbian protagonist.
It’s doubtful that Kanye West can achieve genuine redemption for his past anti-Semitic remarks by merely praising the acting skills of one Jewish performer in a movie.
It's doubtful that the film would have had as big an impact as it did without its, arguably misguided, age rating.
Common combinations with doubtful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- doubtful that 42×
- is doubtful 41×
- it doubtful 28×
- doubtful for 18×
- was doubtful 12×
- it's doubtful 11×
- as doubtful 10×
- doubtful whether 10×
- doubtful about 9×
- are doubtful 7×