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1doubtful — doubtful, dubious 1. The constructions that follow doubtful correspond to the pattern outlined for doubt above, with whether and if still dominant but a that clause now increasingly common: • It is doubtful that in the right to life controversy… …
2Doubtful — Doubt ful, a. 1. Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.… …
3doubtful — doubtful, dubious, problematic, questionable are comparable when they mean not affording assurance of the worth, soundness, success, or certainty of something or someone. Doubtful and dubious are sometimes used with little distinction. Doubtful,… …
4Doubtful River (New Zealand) — Doubtful River Origin Southern Alps Mouth Boyle River Basin countries New Zealand Length 13 km (8.1 mi) Source elevation 1,166 m (3 …
5Doubtful River (New South Wales) — Doubtful RiverVorlage:Infobox Fluss/GKZ fehlt Lage New South Wales (Australien) Flusssystem Murray River Abfluss über Tumut River → …
6doubtful — I adjective arguable, at issue, conditional, conjectural, contestable, controvertible, debatable, disbelieving, disposed to question, disputable, distrustful, doubtable, doubting, dubious, dubitable, dubius, equivocal, implausible, improbable, in …
7Doubtful Bay — is a small, deeply indented bay, which lies 1 mile (1.6 km) east northeast of Smaaland Cove and immediately west of Rumbolds Point on the far south west coast of South Georgia. it is not far from Drygalski Fjord and Cape Disappointment. It… …
8doubtful debt — ➔ debt * * * doubtful debt UK US noun [C] ► a debt that is unlikely to be paid: »Provision for doubtful debts is calculated on debtors’ balances after elimination of bad debts …
9doubtful — UK US /ˈdaʊtfəl/ adjective ACCOUNTING ► used to describe debts or accounts that are unlikely to be paid: »The Company has established an allowance for doubtful accounts based on the credit risk of specific customers and historical trends. → See… …
10Doubtful River — may refer to: Doubtful River (New South Wales), Australia, a tributary of Tumut River Doubtful River (New Zealand), New Zealand, a tributary of Boyle River This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the… …
