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Dubious in a sentence

Dubious | Dubiously | Dubiousness

Dubious meaning

  1. Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
  2. In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
  3. Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.

Synonyms of Dubious

doubtful uncertain unsure incertain dubitable in question questionable unconvinced

Using Dubious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion. | In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided. | Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.
  • Useful related words include: doubtful, uncertain, unsure, incertain.
  • In the example corpus, dubious often appears in combinations such as: the dubious, of dubious, dubious distinction.

Context around Dubious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 15 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Dubious

  • In this selection, "dubious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, highly, hold, equally, conferences, protests and path stand out and add context to how "dubious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a highly dubious and potentially and a morally dubious note forcing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dubious" sits close to words such as betrayed, byu and delaying, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dubious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Birdie, on the other hand, is dubious at best from the start. (12 words)

Each day, a third of Americans encounter news containing dubious assertions by politicians or deceptive headlines. (16 words)

Albert County’s William Mitton Covered Bridge has the dubious distinction of being the province’s ‘worst one’. (18 words)

Also a source of worry is the impact of such an arms conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa which is also a theatre of terrorist activities fuelled by illegal arms deals by dubious elements from conflict-ravaged countries such as Libya. (40 words)

Daisy May Cooper’s Costello is a peep-show dancer and aspiring writer struggling to support her wise-beyond-her-years tween daughter (Fleur Tashjian) with dubious help from her recently incarcerated gay best friend, Florian (Jack Farthing). (38 words)

Elliott, who has become all too familiar with the intersection while grieving his family’s loss, is dubious about governmental remedy, noting that the busy area does not have a “no right turn on red” sign posted. (37 words)

Indeed since you love helping the opposition when they hold dubious conferences why not help Mwamba with his equally dubious protests by providing them with police escorts? (27 words)

But why conflate two very distinct issues – the construction of an essential road, with a highly dubious and potentially high-risk proposal to urbanise the buffer zone? (27 words)

Example sentences (20)

Indeed since you love helping the opposition when they hold dubious conferences why not help Mwamba with his equally dubious protests by providing them with police escorts?

A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner () puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme.

Albert County’s William Mitton Covered Bridge has the dubious distinction of being the province’s ‘worst one’.

Also a source of worry is the impact of such an arms conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa which is also a theatre of terrorist activities fuelled by illegal arms deals by dubious elements from conflict-ravaged countries such as Libya.

A separate investigation, also by CBC News, led to Carrie Bourassa, a prominent health researcher, being placed on leave by the University of Saskatchewan after her claim of Metis heritage appeared dubious.

Birdie, on the other hand, is dubious at best from the start.

Both the Iranian official and Tehran’s state media talked only about Israel’s allegedly “genocidal attacks,” quoting highly dubious casualty figures from Hamas-run agencies as if they were reliable facts.

But why conflate two very distinct issues – the construction of an essential road, with a highly dubious and potentially high-risk proposal to urbanise the buffer zone?

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Claims that the Manhattan DA’s potential prosecution will trigger a pro-Trump backlash are part of a long and dubious history.

Daisy May Cooper’s Costello is a peep-show dancer and aspiring writer struggling to support her wise-beyond-her-years tween daughter (Fleur Tashjian) with dubious help from her recently incarcerated gay best friend, Florian (Jack Farthing).

During the Ditchley annual lecture, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William J. Burns (Bill Burns) drew a clear line between his true friends, enemies, and dubious partners.

Each day, a third of Americans encounter news containing dubious assertions by politicians or deceptive headlines.

Eight years after the death of Regina teen Haven Dubious, his mother along with family, friends and advocates are still demanding answers.

Elliott, who has become all too familiar with the intersection while grieving his family’s loss, is dubious about governmental remedy, noting that the busy area does not have a “no right turn on red” sign posted.

Even so, the final moments in end on a morally dubious note, forcing viewers to consider how they'd respond if they were controlling Joel's actions.

For both Carlson and the far right, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is used as their primary scapegoat, and their evidence, as with most scapegoating narratives, is dubious at best.

Former President Donald Trump has called on congressional Republicans to let the government to shut down in a dubious effort to undermine the criminal proceedings against him.

Further, Investigations revealed that, the accused Pritam Kar was referred by a dubious person on the Crypto platform, having a referral history of thousands of people.

Furthermore, even if a triple-A game is in the works, it's dubious whether DC Comics' parent Warner Bros. would have agreed to make it a PlayStation exclusive.

Given the hefty revision to April’s provisional payroll data, it is understandable if committee members are dubious when it comes to preliminary data.

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Common combinations with dubious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dubious" in a sentence?
An example: "Indeed since you love helping the opposition when they hold dubious conferences why not help Mwamba with his equally dubious protests by providing them with police escorts?" This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dubious" from authentic English texts.
What does "dubious" mean?
Dubious means: Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
What are synonyms of "dubious"?
Common synonyms of "dubious" include: doubtful, uncertain, unsure, incertain, dubitable, in question, questionable, unconvinced.
How many example sentences with "dubious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "dubious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.