dubious
ਸ਼ੱਕੀ
definition
adjective
Alex looked dubious, but complied
hesitating or doubting.
extremely dubious assumptions
not to be relied upon; suspect.
example
I shrugged, probably 'dubious' about the opportunity myself.
His democratic credentials are highly 'dubious' and suspect.
However, thanks to 'dubious' sales techniques, it is widely mis-sold.
On the flip side, the district has the 'dubious' distinction of registering the highest number of cases of atrocities against women.
It's all in a good cause, people used to say, but Elizabeth felt that almost any action she took at this point would be of 'dubious' value.
Tramore has drawn the short straw yet again and has the 'dubious' distinction of hosting the final game of 2003 on Sunday, 28th December.
They are deeply 'dubious' about whether he has succeeded at all on most domestic issues.
Philosophy aims only at the truth, not at mere persuasion regardless of truth, which is a 'dubious' enterprise in both its intentions and its methods.
They are engaged in tax avoidance, which is entirely legal, though you might argue it's morally 'dubious' .
I was 'dubious' about the composition project, until I heard the music.
But the public interest would not be served by people of 'dubious' motives giving false information by doctoring the official record.
Red-hot rage may seem in order when the country's values have been trampled upon by a government with a 'dubious' claim to legitimacy.
I was pretty 'dubious' about it when I was a journalist, but now I think it's remarkably ineffectual.
I am also extremely 'dubious' about grand projects.
Instead, a 'dubious' logic pervades, upon which we base entire networks of conclusions and imperatives.
For a start, the whole idea of reciprocity and empowerment seems morally 'dubious' to me.
But here, as elsewhere, Smith's philosophical assumptions are highly 'dubious' .
Like Den, he gets involved in 'dubious' deals with shady characters, and the source of his money is not always entirely clear.
Such claims, he contends, rely on slippery language and 'dubious' assumptions.
As such, it asks us to accept the 'dubious' assumptions that interval returns are normally distributed and independent.
You are asking us to be careful about adopting assumptions which are founded on rather 'dubious' ground and would subvert our intentions, good as they may be.
For some of these reports, Miller appears to have relied on highly 'dubious' sources.
Even those which are imaginative and intelligently put together are often morally 'dubious' .
For these reasons, reflective foil on board insulation is of 'dubious' value.
Many of us were perhaps blinded by this hitherto unknown quality of sincerity, allowing it to eclipse the 'dubious' methodologies upon which the plethora of information was based.
I listed at the beginning the most usual procedures used to provide assistance in conception, but deferred discussion of the two methods that are most morally 'dubious' .
However, those often rely on 'dubious' assumptions.
I was a little 'dubious' about this tour from the outset.
They entail, furthermore, the 'dubious' assumption that cultural change moves in only one direction: from top to bottom.
However, councillors were 'dubious' about visiting the site.
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