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doubtworthy

doubtworthy adjective: worthy of doubt; uncertain.

Adjective

doubtworthy (comparative more doubtworthy, superlative most doubtworthy)

  1. Worthy of doubt; uncertain.
    • After all, she is using ‘water’ with the intention of designating a natural kind; and so if she stops to consider whether it is possible that there are in fact two natural kinds in play, both exhibiting superficially indistinguishable watery features but different as to their underlying nature, she...2007 December 29, Sanford Goldberg, “Must Differences in Cognitive Value be Transparent?”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI

Forms of doubtworthy

comparativemore doubtworthy
superlativemost doubtworthy

Origin of doubtworthy

From doubt + -worthy.

Questions about doubtworthy

What does doubtworthy mean?
Doubtworthy means worthy of doubt; uncertain.
What part of speech is doubtworthy?
Doubtworthy is an adjective.

Words near doubtworthy in the dictionary

  1. doubtlessness
  2. doubtmonger
  3. doubtmongers
  4. doubts
  5. doubtsome
  6. doubtworthy
  7. doubty
  8. douc
  9. douce
  10. doucely
  11. douceness

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