fairly dubious
Frequency: 6.08.3 per million words
indicating a moderate degree of doubt
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Examples (10)
- The company's sudden success, given its lack of a clear business model, seems fairly dubious.
- His excuse for being late sounded fairly dubious, but I didn't question it.
- The results of the study are based on a methodology that is fairly dubious.
- The source of the information was considered fairly dubious by the investigators.
- The authenticity of the painting is fairly dubious, so it's priced much lower.
- I find the claim that you can learn a language in a week to be fairly dubious.
- He has a fairly dubious reputation around town, so I'd be careful.
- The historical accuracy of that movie has always been fairly dubious.
- The chances of them winning the championship with that team seem fairly dubious.
- If the offer sounds too good to be true, it's probably because its origins are fairly dubious.