Betekenis van:
dubious
dubious
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
- zorgelijk; zorgelijk; onrust wekkend; zorgwekkend
- fraught with uncertainty or doubt
"dubious about agreeing to go"
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
dubious
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
- waarover gesproken wordt; zich voordoend
- open to doubt or suspicion
"he has a dubious record indeed"
"what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
dubious
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
- not convinced
"they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Tom looks dubious.
- Tom is dubious.
- Tom has a dubious reputation.
- Textbooks that claim otherwise sound dubious.
- Mary is a woman of dubious virtue.
- Students are expected to stay away from dubious places.
- He also brought out one more dubious conclusion.
- I'm dubious about claims to speak more than five languages fluently.
- Certain documents in the Commission’s possession indicate that the French authorities were informed of the dubious nature of these actions with regard to Community law.
- Drax’s suggestion to close nuclear plants in summer would be economically dubious and could also raise nuclear safety or security of supply concerns.
- One exporting producer alleged that the level of competition on the Brazilian market was dubious due to the low number of producers.
- Certain documents in the Commission’s possession indicate that the French authorities were informed of the dubious nature of these actions with regard to Community law. They themselves regarded these actions as ‘largely anti-Community’ and drew attention to the ‘threat of an obligation to have the producers reimburse sums unduly paid’ [5].