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Dubious

Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.

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Incertain 84% connected

Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.

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Incertain 84% connected

Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.

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Questionable 84% connected

Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.

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Questionable 84% connected

Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.

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Uncertain 84% connected

Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.

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Uncertain 84% connected

Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.

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Dubiety 74% connected

Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.

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Dubiety 74% connected

Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.

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Doubtful 92% connected

Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a st…

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Dubitable 92% connected

Liable to be doubted; uncertain.

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Ambiguous adjective · 78% connection

Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses;…

Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Uncertainty and hesitation.
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Cautious adjective · 78% connection

Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary;…

Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Uncertainty and hesitation.
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Diffident adjective · 78% connection

Wanting confidence in others; distrustful.

Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Uncertainty and hesitation.
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Equivocal adjective · 78% connection

(Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretat…

Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Uncertainty and hesitation.
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Hesitant adjective · 78% connection

Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating.

Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Uncertainty and hesitation.
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Hesitating p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Hesitate

Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Uncertainty and hesitation.
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Probationary adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial.

Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Uncertainty and hesitation.
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Provisional adjective · 78% connection

Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provision…

Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Uncertainty and hesitation.
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Provisionary adjective · 78% connection

Provisional.

Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Uncertainty and hesitation.
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Conjectural adjective · 78% connection

Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Cost noun · 78% connection

A rib; a side; a region or coast.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Decided imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Decide

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Doubt verb · 78% connection

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Doubtance noun · 78% connection

State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Dubiosity noun · 78% connection

The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Dubitative adjective · 78% connection

Tending to doubt; doubtful.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Fatigue noun · 78% connection

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Fluctuate verb · 78% connection

To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Fluctuation noun · 78% connection

A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Inconclusive adjective · 78% connection

Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclus…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Indecision noun · 78% connection

Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Indecisive adjective · 78% connection

Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Indubitable adjective · 78% connection

Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to admit of doubt; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; as, an indubitable conclusion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Irresolute adjective · 78% connection

Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Issue noun · 78% connection

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a w…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Latitudinarian adjective · 78% connection

Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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Monetary value noun · 78% connection

the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetar…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doubtful, settled, opinion, doubt, wavering.
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