doubtful

Definition

Subject to, or causing doubt.

Etymology

From Middle English doutfull, douteful, equivalent to doubt + -ful.

Example Sentences

• "Yet it is not the predominant views of the experts but the views of a minority, mostly of rather doubtful standing in their profession, which are taken up and spread by the intellectuals."
• "The pupils of her great eyes were large in the doubtful lamplight, swallowing their green fires in deep pools of mystery and darkness."