doubtful advantage
Example Sentences
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It was, as I have previously indicated, panic legislation yielded in haste to unreasonable clamour, unfair to the railways, and of doubtful advantage to traders.
From Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Joseph Tatlow
It has the doubtful advantage of being able to explain illusions equally well if they are actually reversed from what they are.
From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Matthew Luckiesh
On some teams, I found, by inquiry, a definite order is agreed on, but this is regarded as of doubtful advantage.
From An American at Oxford by John Corbin
Dora appeared to think that a decidedly doubtful advantage.
From A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story by Angela Brazil
It is a very doubtful advantage, in all conscience, for a man to find himself preyed upon because he is no longer obscure.
From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Charles Gounod
