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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a doubtful position" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or stance that is uncertain or questionable in nature.
Example: "The committee found itself in a doubtful position regarding the proposed changes to the policy."
Alternatives: "an uncertain stance" or "a questionable situation."
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The discussion in §§4 5 leaves RCT in a doubtful position.
This is a doubtful position considering the great number of already ongoing successful international collaborations using biobank material.
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– taxa with a doubtful phylogenetic position.
She gave me a doubtful look.
Hang about," he said, with a doubtful frown.
She had been a doubtful starter with a bruised heel.
I make a doubtful face, but she insists.
Longevity alone strikes me as a doubtful premise.
douarrha had become a nomen dubium — a doubtful name.
The claim is contested; it has a doubtful legal basis, and an even more doubtful moral basis.
The intrinsic toxicity of cadmium has cast a doubtful future in this promising field.
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