(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.
(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.
(a.) Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase.
(a.) Of uncertain issue or event.
(a.) Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a further study 1082 patients with a negative or doubtful result of the physical examination were investigated using ultrasound.
(2) p-Chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) also reduced the response to levodopa but the usefulness of PCPA as an inhibitor of 5HT synthesis in these experiments in doubtful since it also inhibited the hypoglycaemic effects of 5HTP and i.c.v.
(3) There is no doubt that new techniques in molecular biology will continue to evolve so that the goal of gene therapy for many disorders may be possible in the future.
(4) I never had any doubt that the vast majority of people engaged in "business" are not the exploiters but the exploited.
(5) There is no doubt that psychological, reactive and environmental factors do play a certain role too.
(6) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
(7) Without that, and without undertaking big changes, the service's future may fall into doubt, he says.
(8) This is welcome news but it needs to be borne in mind that the manufacturing sector is still far from racing ahead and serious doubts remain about the strength of demand for manufactured goods over the medium term, particularly once stimulative measures start being withdrawn.
(9) Doubts about Hinkley Point have deepened after a detailed report by HSBC’s energy analysts described eight key challenges to the project, which will be built by the state-backed French firm EDF and be part-financed by investment from China .
(10) The mean age of gravidae with doubtful smears is about 6 years beyond the mean age of gravidae with positive smears.
(11) I have no doubt that both the Conservative and Labour parties will maintain throughout the course of the election campaign their determination to build four submarines and 160 warheads,” he says.
(12) There is little doubt that when it opens next Thursday, One New Change will be jam-packed with City workers and tourists.
(13) We feel that they, as presented, leave serious doubt as to the validity of their conclusions.
(14) Contact guidance has been suggested to direct NC cells ventrally in the trunk, but this has been subject to doubt (see Newgreen and Erickson, 1986, Int.
(15) Although “there are serious questions and doubts in our minds over the government’s seven-day working agenda … it isn’t clear what this strike action is for and what the position of the BMA is now,” he told the Guardian.
(16) There is no doubt that people were killed quite deliberately by police officers.
(17) Other critics, even if they were unsure of the lasting relevance, were willing to give Tillmans the benefit of the doubt.
(18) We interpret this exaggerated positive attitude as an attempt to overcome inner fears, doubts and ambivalences.
(19) Another forward, Manchester United's Danny Welbeck, is a major doubt for the game with a knee complaint.
(20) Coghlin said: “There is no doubt that, as a consequence of the personalities involved, these proceedings attracted a very considerable degree of media publicity both before and, to a certain degree, subsequent to the trial.
Mistrust
Definition:
(n.) Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.
(v. t.) To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.
(v. t.) To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.
Example Sentences:
(1) It has increased costs, jeopardized the delivery of necessary medical services, and corroded the physician-patient relationship with mistrust and poor morale.
(2) Obstacles to successful treatment include an erratic schedule, mistrust of authority, and uncooperative or aggressive behavior.
(3) Police union officials have criticized de Blasio, saying he contributed to a climate of mistrusting police that set the stage for the killings.
(4) Most often the patient's mistrust covers profound feelings of personal inadequacy and is a defense against feared passivity.
(5) These broadcasts detailed mistrust in the police and the IPCC over Duggan's death.
(6) Creditors plan to ringfence Greek economy if Tsipras refuses to give in Read more Yet when asked about their attitude to the EU itself, 76% of Greeks said they mistrusted it.
(7) Some said the Taliban had been quick to claim responsibility for the attack, explaining the group wanted to sow mistrust between foreign forces and the Afghan police.
(8) Especially with these patients an attitude of mistrust makes verbal access difficult.
(9) And you look at someone like Adrian Peterson with the deep, haunting self-mistrust of knowing that he probably learned all his lessons from a beating too, and despite millions of dollars and every opportunity in the world, when he reached for a tool, the only one he thought to grab was a stick.
(10) At least one-third of it will be loans, increasing unfair debts channelled through the undemocratic and mistrusted World Bank."
(11) France was already deeply mistrustful of its political class.
(12) Advocates of the initiative believe it could break the logjam of mistrust between residents and the airline industry.
(13) There is relief in South Korea that people who have heard little or nothing about their loved ones will at last meet, and that the North's threats and warlike rhetoric have died down, but there is also wariness and deep mistrust.
(14) Berlusconi is deeply mistrusted in the markets and Grillo wants a referendum on whether Italy should quit the euro.
(15) Tony Blair's effortless ability to enrage his many critics, especially on the left, was evident again when he popped up on BBC Radio 4's Today programme to insist that MPs' rejection of military action against Syria was not directly linked to the legacy of mistrust he bequeathed over the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
(16) But it will not be able to quell public anger and mistrust over the matter.” The investigation into the 1MDB scandal is ongoing, with the commission also heading a probe into SRC International, a former 1MDB subsidiary also identified as depositing funds into the prime minister’s accounts.
(17) British commentators, famously, do not nurture stars; they mistrust the able and reserve especial snootiness for the multi-able, as if to be a good all-rounder is, yet, to be a master of none.
(18) But western mistrust of Putin has soared over the past year, with the result that there was no euphoria over the pact.
(19) Ignoring people’s history and distorting their stories only serves to increase misunderstanding and mistrust when, for all our sakes, we should be doing the opposite.
(20) The rally revealed the increasing impatience and mistrust that many Egyptians feel towards the military, which took over when Mubarak was forced out of office on 11 February.