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doubtful

in various senses, including:

doubtful that something should be relied upon — as in "The argument relies on a dubious assumption."
doubtful that something is morally proper — as in "The company is accused of using dubious sales practices to influence minors."
bad or of questionable value — as in "The state has the dubious distinction of the highest taxes."
doubtful or uncertain — as in "She is dubious about making the change."

dubious = doubtful; or suspicious; or full of uncertainty

dubious = doubtful (not to be relied upon)

To my taste, the authors made some dubious leaps of faith in their analysis,
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

dubious = doubtful (not to be relied upon)

Simon looked dubious. "What makes you think so?"
Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones

dubious = doubtful

Marilla was not to be drawn from the safe concrete into dubious paths of the abstract.
Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Anne Of Green Gables

dubious = doubtful (not to be relied upon)

Blomberg looked dubious, but the explanation was reasonable and...
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

dubious = doubtful or suspicious

But that would have taken us over the dubious southern uplands of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and we do not do that.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor

dubious = doubtful or dangerous (not to be relied upon)

"I'm not a monster—I'm a friend."
"Friend?" inquired the girl with a dubious tone.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge

dubious = doubtful; or suspicious

We thought his morals dubious and tried to avoid him.
Wladyslaw Szpilman -- The Pianist

dubious = doubtful (not to be relied upon)

Seeing the farmer eying him dubiously, he added, "I'll be glad to sleep in the barn."
Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle

dubiously = doubtfully or suspiciously

"Could we have some champagne, please?"
"You're twenty-one?" she asked dubiously.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

dubiously = doubting it was true

dubiously = full of doubt

dubious = doubtful or suspicious

"Will it hold them?" asked Cooper, looking dubiously at the door.
Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege

dubiously = with doubt or uncertainty

"I don't see that 'tis any business of ours," Smallbury murmured dubiously.
Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd

dubiously = doubtfully

Chuck Muckle whipped off his shades and eyed the patrolman dubiously.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot

dubiously = doubtfully or suspiciously

"I doubt if she would have had the strength to inflict that left-handed blow," said Dr. Constantine dubiously.
Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express

dubiously = doubtfully

And yet, from time to time, Poirot continued to sniff it dubiously, as though his keener nose detected something I had missed.
Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot

dubiously = suspiciously

...they all began discussing dragon-slayings historical, dubious, and mythical...
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Hobbit

dubious = doubtful (as true history)

Officer Pete Gandy was sitting at the kitchen table, looking across at them, not bothering to hide the dubious expression on his face.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian

dubious = doubtful or suspicious

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