Synonym: disbelieving, doubting, questioning, sceptical, unbelieving. Similar words: skepticism, sceptical, elliptical, septic, antiseptic, mystical, critical, vertical. Meaning: adj. 1. denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion 2. marked by or given to doubt.
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61. Others are more skeptical and have him ranked as a mid - first rounder.
62. Leading memory experts, however, are skeptical about ginkgo and other brain boosters.
63. In the quick-fix society we live in, it's hard not to be skeptical: is inhibition a certifiable psychological problem?For clinicians who treat the problem, the answer is yes.
64. Congressional Republicans, however, are between unalterably opposed or skeptical about the sort of action that some economists -- including several of Mr. Obama's former advisers -- are urging.
65. Mr. Weirich, the agriculture secretary, said he was skeptical about that.
66. In 2001 the Random House Word Maven expressed the opinion that this "skeptical" meaning likely had developed independent of whether Pliny was doubtful.
67. There have been over 20 alternative, skeptical "explanations" for near-death experience.
68. The mental shortcut skips the skeptical thinking that leads to " freebie duation. "
69. But even the most skeptical historians concede that, around 1984 or so, the Soviets were actually getting the better of the mujahideen.
70. SCE Corollary: Judgment is not license . Judgments can be defended to a skeptical ( neutral ) second party .
71. While even they're a bit skeptical about that on a larger scale, as Kedrosky noted, the same was true of the individuals working on solving the Y2K crisis as well.
72. With the effect of cultural critical theory of Frankfurt School, the scholars mainly take a skeptical, disdainful and deniable attitude to the early mass culture in China.
73. Other mounts I'm very skeptical about because most creatures out there are not ridable in the first place.
74. Switzerland struggled to convince skeptical European neighbors to support its ambitious and costly TransAlpine rail plans in the 1990s.
75. We remain skeptical here, but also open to the possibility that the First Law of Thermodynamics has been as thoroughly violated as a white collar worker in a federal penitentiary.
76. Auto industry analyst Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer agreed that the technology could help reduce accidents if it comes to fruition but he is skeptical about the benefits for the environment.
77. But those skeptical of a sharp price fall point to a raft of continued gloomy news on the fundamental supply-and-demand side, arguing that an already tight market isn't likely to loosen for months.
78. Skeptical bears have dismissed the nearly 3-month old rally as just a lot of short-covering and piling into beaten down trash, like financials.
79. These skeptical scientists wrote reports that sounded more like fiction than fact.
80. "Most of the reports today were fairly good. For anyone skeptical about the U.S. recovery, these should ease concern," said Kathy Lien, director of research at GTF Forex in New York.
81. We don't know if Pliny or Pompey or some later person was skeptical of this as effective protection against poison.
82. Officials in Tianjin are so skeptical of the eastern route's ability to deliver drinkable water that they are looking at desalinization as an alternative.
83. Judgments can be defended to a skeptical ( neutral ) second party .
84. I admit it - I have always been skeptical of lightening creams - but I have darkish spots and tried this cream. Works really quite well!
85. While some students,[www.Sentencedict.com] this family move on-site training institutions were skeptical about the move.
86. If anything, when I see a natural label, it makes me all the more skeptical of the product, as it more often tends to be a sign of cynical marketing than any certifiable purity.
87. Because the research was done on plants, some skeptical of the findings thought it came from cross-pollination even though the plants self-pollinate.
88. Many, even within Sony, were skeptical of the idea because earphones back then were associated with unfashionable, hard-of-hearing old people.
89. Companies such as FedEx (FDX) and Amazon weren't instant hits with a skeptical -- or downright dismissive -- investment community.
90. While police displayed evidence of the gang's alleged subcutaneous devilry, international perfume makers were skeptical because the market for the material is small.
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