dubious character
Frequency: 6.05.5 per million words
A person who is not trustworthy or respectable.
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Examples (10)
- He was known in the neighborhood as a rather dubious character.
- My father warned me not to associate with such dubious characters.
- The police are investigating a dubious character seen near the crime scene.
- She got into business with a dubious character and lost all her savings.
- Why is that dubious character always hanging around the office after hours?
- A group of dubious characters gathered in the dimly lit alley.
- The protagonist of the novel was a charming but ultimately dubious character.
- The committee expressed concerns about the dubious characters involved in the project's funding.
- That bar is frequented by some dubious characters, so I'd rather go somewhere else.
- I have my suspicions about that new consultant; he seems like a dubious character.