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doubtful
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dout|eux (douteuse) [dutø, øz] ADJ
1. douteux (peu certain):
douteux (douteuse) résultat, issue, succès
uncertain
il est douteux qu'il ait pu s'échapper
it is unlikely that he was able to escape
2. douteux (ambigu):
douteux (douteuse) sens, réponse
ambiguous
3. douteux (sujet à caution):
douteux (douteuse) honnêteté, innocence, renseignements
dubious
douteux (douteuse) sincérité, authenticité
dubious, doubtful
4. douteux (suspect):
douteux (douteuse) affaire, individu, transactions, profits
shady
douteux (douteuse) propreté, hygiène, fraîcheur
dubious, questionable
douteux (douteuse) plat, viande
dubious, suspect
cravate d'un goût douteux
tie in dubious taste
plaisanterie d'un goût douteux
joke in dubious taste
English
English
French
French
questionable (dubious) virtue, evidence, taste
douteux/-euse
it is questionable whether
il est douteux que
spuriousness
caractère m faux or douteux
dicey
douteux/-euse
dubiousness
caractère m douteux
doubtfulness (of person's past, of taste)
caractère m suspect or douteux
controversial (dubious)
douteux/-euse
fly-by-night company, operation
douteux/-euse
disreputable method
douteux/-euse
untrustworthy source, information
douteux/-euse
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French
English
English
douteux (-euse) [dutø, -øz] ADJ
1. douteux (incertain):
douteux (-euse)
doubtful
2. douteux pej:
douteux (-euse) goût, mœurs
dubious
douteux (-euse) vêtement
none too clean
English
English
French
French
slippery
douteux(-euse)
dubious
douteux(-euse)
dodgy
douteux(-euse)
unsafe
douteux(-euse)
untrustworthy report, information
douteux(-euse)
equivocal
douteux(-euse)
doubtful
douteux(-euse)
to be doubtful whether
être douteux que +subj
French
French
English
English
douteux (-euse) [dutø, -øz] ADJ
1. douteux (incertain):
douteux (-euse)
doubtful
2. douteux pej:
douteux (-euse) goût, mœurs
dubious
douteux (-euse) vêtement
none too clean
English
English
French
French
slippery
douteux(-euse)
untrustworthy report, information
douteux(-euse)
dubious
douteux(-euse)
equivocal
douteux(-euse)
doubtful
douteux(-euse)
to be doubtful whether
être douteux que +subj
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Mais il paraît que les huit livres sibyllins que nous avons aujourd'hui sont en effet douteux.
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Il y mène une activité de chercheur d'or et connaîtra la fortune, mais des placements douteux l'entraîne à la faillite.
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Il qualifie sa philosophie d'irréaliste, d'une santé mentale douteuse et éthiquement discutable.
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Cette édition, qui comporte de larges retouches, est de fiabilité douteuse.
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Malgré des ressemblances troublantes, on renie ce qui semble des rapprochements douteux, sans causalité logique.
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