The phrase "a dubious world" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a world that is filled with uncertainty, skepticism, or questionable morals.
Example: "In a dubious world where trust is hard to come by, we must be cautious in our dealings with others."
Alternatives: "a questionable world" or "an uncertain world".
City went to the Emirates earlier this month, as they had fatally last season, played one forward up and put about as much faith in their hugely expensive squad to win as Audley Harrison had in his own ability in a highly dubious world heavyweight contest in their own backyard.
It's a far different reception than the one given Lloyd at previous get-togethers, most notably before Senator Carl Levin's Congressional hearing during the 2008 investigation into Goldman's toxic "shitty" deals, or later in 2010 before Brooksley Born and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee which focused a lens on the dubious world of derivatives.
In an era of rapacious C.E.O.'s, crooked congressmen and predatory lobbyists who rip off Indian tribes, a man who runs a squeaky-clean program within the dubious world of big-time college sports just might be worth listening to.
As if such developments weren't concerning enough, Svoboda also has a peculiar habit of resuscitating dubious World War II icons.
Each revolves around an enigma never fully elucidated: the flight of Jansen, a taciturn photographer; the taboos and secrets of a dubious adult world; and the obscure identity of a character named Pacheco.
And what begins as a dubious proposition, in a world wholly without need for additions to its Prep School Confidential bibliography, becomes a whirling, glittering, multifaceted marvel, delivered in an irrepressibly smart and flamboyant new voice.
Officer Koharski became the name of a character — a cop, at a doughnut shop — in the movie "Wayne's World": a dubious honor, even for a ref. There is no shortage of potential political metaphors.
A dubious title as the world's largest polluter.
Even if defense spending should be hiked -- a dubious proposition in a world where terrorism-by-the-weak is really the only threat to the United States in the short- and medium term -- the Pentagon's broken accounting system cannot assure taxpayers that their hard-earned dollars are being translated into enhanced security.
