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doubtful

adjective
  1. Not affording certainty: ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, inconclusive, indecisive, indeterminate, problematic, problematical, questionable, uncertain, unclear, unsure. Informal: iffy. Idioms: at issue, in doubt, in question. See certain, clear
  2. Not likely: improbable, questionable, unapt, unlikely. See likely
  3. Experiencing doubt: dubious, skeptical, uncertain, undecided, unsure. Idiom: in doubt. See certain
  4. In doubt or dispute: arguable, contested, debatable, disputable, exceptionable, moot, mootable, problematic, problematical, questionable, uncertain. See certain
  5. Of dubious character: equivocal, questionable, shady, suspect, suspicious, uncertain. Informal: fishy. See honest

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