Definition of doubtful

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Doubtful (a.) Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; not easy to be defined, classed, or named; as, a doubtful case, hue, claim, title, species, and the like..

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Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
Philippium :: Philippium (n.) A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.
Apocryphalness :: Apocryphalness (n.) The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.
Dubitative :: Dubitative (a.) Tending to doubt; doubtful.
Doubtful :: Doubtful (a.) Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious.
Amphibolous :: Amphibolous (a.) Ambiguous; doubtful.
Conjectural :: Conjectural (a.) Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.
Indubitable :: Indubitable (a.) Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to admit of doubt; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; as, an indubitable conclusion..
Selah :: Selah (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song..
Doubtful :: Doubtful (a.) Of uncertain issue or event.
Misdoubtful :: Misdoubtful (a) Misgiving; hesitating.
Equivocate :: Equivocate (a.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity..
Doubtful :: Doubtful (a.) Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure..
Doubtfulness :: Doubtfulness (n.) Uncertainty of event or issue.
Apocrypha :: Apocrypha (n. pl.) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively..
Neptunium :: Neptunium (n.) A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite..
Doubtful :: Doubtful (a.) Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase..
Suspensor :: Suspensive (a.) Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful..
Problem :: Problem (n.) A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt..
Ambiguity :: Ambiguity (n.) The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression..
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