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dubious

/ˈdjuːbi.əs/
Meanings
  • adjective

    Questionable in truth or validity; not fully trustworthy.

    - "The evidence presented was dubious."
    - "The credibility of the witness was dubious."
  • adjective

    Full of doubt or uncertainty.

    - "The outcome of the game was dubious."
    - "The future of the company was dubious."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈdu.bi.əs/



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Rhymes
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prejudice , surmise , advice , vice , nice , spice
Variants
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dubious , dubiously , dubiousness , dubiousnesses
Forms
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dubiously, dubiousness

Etymology
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From Old French 'dubieus', meaning doubtful, from 'douter', to doubt.

Trivia
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  1. The word 'dubious' appears in the title of a famous Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called 'A Scandal in Bohemia'.

  2. The term 'dubious' was used in the 1960s to describe records that were not officially released but circulated among collectors and fans.

Related Concepts
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  1. uncertainty: A state of doubt or lack of clear knowledge about something.

  2. skepticism: A questioning attitude towards claims or beliefs, often based on lack of evidence or logical argument.

Quotes
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  1. The recent rumbles and ruptures in the financial markets are finally making people reassess the "dubious" systems of credit that have arisen in the past few years.

    - William Safire,{it}New York Times Magazine{/it},19 Aug. 2007

  2. Thus, the translation of the Latin word biographus as "a biography," and the limitation of "biographies" to written, printed histories of men, was perhaps inevitable. Poor Dryden was given the "dubious" honor of being the first to use the generic term—despite the fact that his phrase had been taken out of the context of biographical compilers, in a discussion of Plutarch.

    - Nigel Hamilton,{it}Biography{/it},2007

  3. That indeed is the crux of the matter. Today especially, when community-oriented policing is being introduced everywhere, it seems not only ethically "dubious" but self-defeating to engage in practices that at their best undermine trust and cooperation between citizens and law-enforcement officials and at their worst foster cynicism toward our legal system.

    - Edwin Dobb,{it}Harper's{/it},May 2002

  4. To avoid fees, the new "relationship" minimum for checking accounts jumped from $2000 to as much as $6000. And what would customers get in exchange? The ability to take advantage of such a "dubious" new benefit as a consolidated monthly statement.

    - {it}Consumer Reports{/it},March 1996
Culture
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The word 'dubious' has been used extensively in literature, particularly in detective novels and mystery stories, to describe situations or evidence that is uncertain or questionable. In music, 'dubious' can be found in song titles and lyrics, often conveying a sense of skepticism or doubt.

How to Memorize "dubious"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a scale with 'dubious' in the middle, leaning slightly towards the 'question mark' side.

  2. associate

    - Associate 'dubious' with a question mark or a cloud of uncertainty.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a sentence like 'Doubts and questions make things dubious' to help remember the definition.

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