dubious
/ˈdu.bi.əs/ adjective C1- Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion. · After he made some dubious claims about the company, fewer people trusted him.· They were renowned as people of dubious morals.
- 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.
- Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.
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Marilla was not to be drawn from the safe concrete into dubious paths of the abstract.
Marilla looked dubious for a moment.
For the next sixty-nine evenings he would be dining in cheviot and worsted at dubious _table d’hôtes_, at whirlwind lunch counters, on sandwiches and beer in his hall-bedroom.
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