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Dictionary » D » Doubtful DoubtfulDoubtful 1. Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure. Methinks i should know you, and know this man; yet i am doubtful. (Shak) With doubtful feet and wavering resolution. (Milton) 2. Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; not easy to be defined, classed, or named; as, a doubtful case, hue, claim, title, species, and the like. Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good. (Shak) Is it a great cruelty to expel from our abode the enemy of our peace, or even the doubtful friend [i. E, one as to whose sincerity there may be doubts]? (Bancroft) 3. Characterised by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase. 4. Of uncertain issue or event. We . . . Have sustained one day in doubtful fight. (Milton) The strife between the two principles had been long, fierce, and doubtful. (Macaulay) 5. Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious. I am doubtful that you have been conjunct And bosomed with her. (Shak) Synonym: Wavering, vacillating, hesitating, undetermined, distrustful, dubious, uncertain, equivocal, ambiguous, problematical, questionable. ![]()
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Results from our forumAny SOLID arguments against evolution?... slaves were the same race as their owners. I am also unaware of any statement that blacks did not have souls; in fact I would find that highly doubtful considering that there is Biblical evidence of Ethiopians (the only mostly-black nation mentioned in the Bible) receiving baptism and other ...
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A myth of biology debunked... recommenced work and am at dogs; ... By the way, the Bishop makes a very telling case against me, by accumulating several instances where I speak doubtfully; but this is very unfair, as in such cases as this of the dog, the evidence is and must be very doubtful.' Wilberforce points out a logical ...
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introns and exons... picture of how I would draw YFG's intron/exon organization. I think it is correct, but the question's wording is a little confusing and I am quite doubtful. I am assuming that the question wants us to draw an organization that has not yet been spliced, so I included the introns and also the G-cap ...
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Any SOLID arguments against evolution?Here's one: The world is overrun by idiots. Therefore, either stupidity is somehow extremely beneficial to the human species (which seems very doubtful to me) or natural selection should have weeded us out long ago in favor of mice. This clear failure of natural selection demonstrates that we ...
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Re: HIV Exposure to air... with a "reason" in mind. I've not seen UV as a mechansim for microbiological inactivation expect for its purposeful application - it's doubtful that it is central to HIV inactivation upon drying. And please (!l) don't offer half baked answers. One would not have thymidine dimers with ...
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