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Definition of Dubious

1. Adjective. Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. "Dubious about agreeing to go"

2. Adjective. Open to doubt or suspicion. "It was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"

3. Adjective. Not convinced. "They admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"

Definition of Dubious

1. a. Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.

Definition of Dubious

1. doubtful [adj] - See also: doubtful

Medical Definition of Dubious

1. 1. Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. "Dubious policy." "A dubious, agitated state of mind." 2. Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer. "Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more dubious pocket handkerchief." (Thackeray) 3. Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle. Synonym: Doubtful, doubting, unsettled, undetermined, equivocal, uncertain. Cf. Doubtful. Origin: L. Dubius, dubiosus, fr. Duo two. See Two, and cf. Doubt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dubious

dubbed dubber dubbers dubbin dubbing dubbings dubbins dubieties dubiety Dubin

Dubin-Johnson syndrome dubiosities dubiosity dubiosity dubious (current term) dubious (current term) dubiously dubiousness dubiousnesses dubitable

dubitably dubitate dubitated dubitates dubitation dubitations Dublin Dubliner dubnium dubniums

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