dubious

Etymology
From ; like, from (cognate to 🇨🇬), implying “two alternatives” (yes or no, true or false, etc.).

Adjective

 * 1)  Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
 * 2)  In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
 * She was dubious about my plan at first, but later I managed to persuade her to cooperate.
 * 1) * 2010, John M. Broder, "Global Climate-Change Talks Begin in Cancun With More Modest Expectations", New York Times, November 30, Section A, Column 0, Foreign Desk, page 12
 * Last year, President Obama had large majorities in Congress and hopes of passing a comprehensive climate and energy bill. Next year, he faces a new Congress much more dubious about the reality of climate change and considerably more hostile to international efforts to deal with it.
 * 1)  Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.
 * 1)  In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
 * She was dubious about my plan at first, but later I managed to persuade her to cooperate.
 * 1) * 2010, John M. Broder, "Global Climate-Change Talks Begin in Cancun With More Modest Expectations", New York Times, November 30, Section A, Column 0, Foreign Desk, page 12
 * Last year, President Obama had large majorities in Congress and hopes of passing a comprehensive climate and energy bill. Next year, he faces a new Congress much more dubious about the reality of climate change and considerably more hostile to international efforts to deal with it.
 * 1)  Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.

Usage notes
Although dubious is largely synonymous with, there is a notable difference when describing statements or facts: dubious is used when the statement is a cause of doubt, while doubtful is used when a fact is in doubt. For example, “the company’s earnings report was dubious” (questionable) versus “his chances for recovery are doubtful” (uncertain or unlikely). See also doubtable § Usage notes.

Derived terms

 * / dubious honour
 * / dubious honour

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: şübhəli
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 * Danish: tvivlsom, usikker
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: საეჭვო, არასანდო, არასარწმუნო, სათუო, საკითხავი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Kazakh: ұшты
 * Latin: dubius
 * Maori: kārangirangi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tvilsom
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 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: pochybující, nejistý
 * Danish: tvivlende, tvivlrådig, usikker
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: საეჭვო, დამაეჭვებელი, ორაზროვანი, გაურკვეველი, არასანდო, არასარწმუნო, მერყევი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: kétségei vannak, nincs meggyőződve, ,
 * Latin: dubius
 * Maori: haurokuroku
 * Norwegian: tvilrådig,
 * Polish:, nieprzekonany
 * Portuguese: em dúvida
 * Russian: ,
 * Turkish:


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