Synonym: dubious, dubitable, in question, tentative. Similar words: doubt, no doubt, without doubt, undoubtedly, fretful, double, frightful, deceitful. Meaning: ['daʊtfʊl] adj. 1. open to doubt or suspicion 2. fraught with uncertainty or doubt 3. unsettled in mind or opinion.
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(121) It is doubtful that such a new constitutional protection would do much to reduce crime.
(122) If the profession had declined into almost insignificance it is doubtful whether there would have been such a burgeoning of diplomatic posts.
(123) Aim was doubtful but sufficient to send the attackers hurrying back.
(124) When he heard this, Oliver felt rather doubtful about having such a friend.
(125) The continuum between main secondary and post-16 education is more doubtful.
(126) George looked doubtful, saying with his eyes that it looked too complicated.
(127) This is doubtful: the electorate, being composed of ordinary people, is less impressionable than Tory grandees.
(128) Indeed, it is doubtful whether the classes could have proceeded in any other fashion.
(129) It is doubtful, however(sentencedict.com), whether they would prevent attempted suicide.
(130) It is doubtful if the image of the conventional family ever accurately described the majority of families in Britain.
(131) Because of the doubtful reanalysis of the data Maran and colleagues' findings should be interpreted with caution.
(132) Yet it is doubtful whether this argument outweighs the benefits a teacher gains from being able to concentrate his interests.
(133) Most local NGOs are dependent on donor funds; their sustainability without such funds is doubtful.
(134) The history of the massacre by Herod the Great is doubtful.
(135) If your tap water is of doubtful quality then you must be prepared to remedy the situation or use rain water instead.
(136) If you are at all doubtful about the success of the evening, do not advertise the event outside your Law Society.
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(137) But the result confirmed that building society provisions will rocket this year to cover bad and doubtful home loans.
(138) It is equally doubtful that more media richness is always better.
(139) And, of course, it was doubtful whether the girl would back him up.
(140) I had seen the booty on the Trans-Siberian and told him that the Apple was doubtful.
(141) But it seems doubtful if theologies would be wise to regard that importance as the beginning and the end of their business.
(142) Whether the teams could overcome this handicap while also exerting influence at higher levels seemed highly doubtful.
(143) In my opinion it is very doubtful whether all this disruption to so many people was justified by the experience I gained.
(144) It must be said that as a matter of civil law the existence of an equitable proprietary interest is doubtful.
(145) It's doubtful she ever has taken a single day of unpaid leave during any of her innumerable campaigns for public office.
(146) If so, it is doubtful whether his dictum about A's right to retake the goods is law.
(147) Although it is doubtful whether the established set-up will hold, the future form of any new constitution is uncertain.
(148) It is more than doubtful whether we have seen the fullest possible development of machinery for joint consultation in particular industries.
(149) But it is doubtful whether, if elected, he could single-handedly change the timetable at such a late stage.
(150) It is doubtful, though, that clarity of signal alone would justify the expense of making the mobile-phone network digital.
More similar words: doubt, no doubt, without doubt, undoubtedly, fretful, double, frightful, deceitful, double up, delightful, at full speed, double back, double-dealing, double jeopardy, subtle, subterfuge, trouble, troubled, dour, do up, troublesome, hand out, dough, hold out, weed out, washed out, in and out, find out, stand out, send out.