be dubious
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That led him to be dubious of some depictions of a more polished Jamestown with smooth-cut planks.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
The critics had good reason to be dubious.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2022
Oliverson said that he finds the argument that doctors can't safely dispense drugs to be "dubious at best."
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2021
The notion of U.C.L.A., a program with 11 national championships, as a plucky underdog may be dubious.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2021
Baker had shrewdness enough to see that immense capital would be required, that the Sultan would give endless trouble, and that the coal, when won, might prove to be dubious in quality.
From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick