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Discover LudwigThe phrase "doubtful words" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe words or statements that are uncertain, questionable, or lacking in confidence.
Example: "His speech was filled with doubtful words, making it hard for the audience to trust his message."
Alternatives: "uncertain words" or "questionable statements."
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There was a BBC booklet from 1928 with "recommendations for pronouncing doubtful words".
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Whether Hunt will still be around to appoint one of them seems doubtful – unless, in the words of Take That, everything changes.
When, and under what circumstances, and on what constitutional basis Presidents have made recess appointments — these are questions of particular importance when "the phraseology" of a constitutional provision "is in any respect of doubtful meaning," in the words of a 1904 opinion quoted by Breyer.
He wrote poetry as a student, publishing under the modest pseudonym Incertus, the Latin word for "doubtful".
It is doubtful whether Hodgson's last words to his players before they took the field on Tuesday included a warning about Ukraine's opposition-strength multiplier.
But in a subtle shift, he seemed careful to ascribe racist tendencies to policies and practices, rather than the state of Israel itself, although it seemed doubtful that his choice of words would please Jewish civic groups here.
It's doubtful that the president's words moved the needle of public opinion wildly in any direction for a country that has tuned out Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq alike while panicking about where the next job is coming from.
In other words, it is doubtful that, with only three races and part of a fourth behind him in his comeback after three years of retirement, Armstrong will be fit enough to be a strong competitor in the centennial Giro.
Although it is doubtful that he read Socrates' words, there is little question that this is the insight Maimonides is trying to preserve.
In extreme free-word-order languages it is doubtful that phrases of more than one word (noun phrase, prepositional phrase, verb phrase, clause, sentence) are syntactically well-defined.
The derivation of the word fives is doubtful.
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