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The phrase "a doubtful" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in contexts where you want to express uncertainty or skepticism about something, but it should be used as "doubtful" without the article "a."
Example: "The outcome of the experiment remains doubtful."
Alternatives: "questionable" or "uncertain".
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She gave me a doubtful look.
Hang about," he said, with a doubtful frown.
I make a doubtful face, but she insists.
Longevity alone strikes me as a doubtful premise.
She had been a doubtful starter with a bruised heel.
douarrha had become a nomen dubium — a doubtful name.
That has been a doubtful assertion ever since the cold war – even more so after Libya.
He casts a doubtful look at me, then points towards the tiller.
When I told him that I roomed with him, too, he gave me a doubtful look.
Compromise is a doubtful way to fix a limit, though a common one among politicians.
But Saturday, he is a doubtful starter after injuring a leg in that game.
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