doubtful
/ˈdaʊtfʊl/
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doub - tful -> doubtful
(adj) မသေချာ သော။ သံသယဖြစ်သော။ မရေမရာဖြစ်သော။ (whether/if/that…) ဖြစ်နိုင်ခြေ မရှိသော။ ဖြစ်နိုင်မည် မထင်သော။
၁။ ~ (about sth/doing sth) မသေချာ သော။ သံသယဖြစ်သော။ မရေမရာဖြစ်သော။
She looked rather doubtful. ❍ I feel doubtful about going/about whether to go or not.
၂။ ~ (whether/if/that…) ဖြစ်နိုင်ခြေ မရှိသော။ ဖြစ်နိုင်မည် မထင်သော။
It is extremely/increasingly doubtful that anyone survived the explosion.
၃။ စိတ်မချရသော။ The weather looks rather doubtful. ❍ The horse is a doubtful runner/starter (ie may not take part in the race).
၄။ မရိုးသားဟန်ရှိသော။ မစစ်မမှန်ဟု ထင်ရသော။ a witness of doubtful character/honesty ❍ a joke in doubtful taste. မနိပ်တဲ့ပြက်လုံး။ doubtfully /-fǝli/ adv
- Already the whole project was looking doubtful.
- [it is doubtful (that)/whether/if/how] : It is doubtful whether he will survive.
- Kirkwood is doubtful for tonight’s match.
- You still seem a bit doubtful.
- [doubtful about] : He was doubtful about the accuracy of the results.
- [doubtful (that)/whether/if] : The board was doubtful that her estimates were realistic.
- Documents of doubtful authenticity
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