What's the difference between doubting and misdoubtful?
Doubting
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doubt
(a.) That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts.
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the strength of demand for manufactured goods over the medium term, particularly once stimulative measures start being withdrawn.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.