dubiousness

Meanings

• having or showing a lack of certainty; questionable

  - "The evidence was dubiousness, and the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision."
  - "The company's financial statements were dubiousness, and the investors were skeptical about the accuracy of the financial data."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with dubiousness
abysmal , amazed , amazing , ambivalent , amused , and many more.

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. Dubiousness (en) : the state of being uncertain or questionable
   

2. Dubiousness (es) : duda, incertidumbre
   

3. Dubiousness (fr) : doute, incertitude
   

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Variants

List of all variants of dubiousness that leads to same result
dubious , dubiously , dubiousness , dubiousnesses

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

From Old French douver 'to doubt, question,' and douve 'doubt, question', from Latin dubitare 'to doubt, hesitate'.

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Trivia

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1. {"question"=>"What is the etymology of the word 'dubiousness'?", "answer"=>"The word 'dubiousness' comes from the Old French word 'douver', which means 'to doubt, question'. The word 'dubiousness' therefore refers to the state of being uncertain or questionable."}

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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

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