Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A state of doubt or uncertainty of mind; dubiousness; suspense; instability of opinion.
- noun Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning.
- noun Uncertainty of event or issue; indeterminateness of condition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun State of being doubtful.
- noun Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness.
- noun Uncertainty of event or issue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
doubtful ;doubt ;uncertainty .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- noun uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
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Examples
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There has been evidence of such doubtfulness this week after initial claims for jobless benefits exceeded forecasts in the past four weeks.
Weak Jobs Data Could Put Final Nail in Rally's Coffin Tomi Kilgore 2011
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I doubt that Michelle Obama was surprised or dismayed by the boos at the Nascar rally: it's not surprising that the national doubtfulness about first ladies and the strong, accomplished women who are coming to hold the role would emerge in boos from some of the Obama administration's fiercest opponents.
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It seemed to him that it had to do with the doubtfulness of whether or not the mortgagor will pay the debt.
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The next day, March 1, doubtfulness turned to near hopelessness.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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The next day, March 1, doubtfulness turned to near hopelessness.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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But, leaving aside the doubtfulness of generating 'news' this way, do the surveys really tell us anything?
Archive 2009-07-01 Brian Clegg 2009
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I thus cautiously confine myself to the relatively non-committal psychologised explanation and, in doing so, I thereby convey to my hearers, by Gricean implicature, just such doubtfulness concerning the correctness of Angus 'belief.
Reasons for Action: Justification vs. Explanation Lenman, James 2009
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It is "doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention," or "Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation," or "unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning."
SeeLight: 2007
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It is "doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention," or "Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation," or "unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning."
Ishoo Wun 2007
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On several occasions in your house I observed that whenever there was a discussion of any kind, and Diego gave his opinion, you always took it with a certain irony and doubtfulness of its truthfulness.
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