how to pronounce doubtful

/ˈdaʊt.fəl/

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doubtful is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of doubtful in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… others as he was doubtful of whether the …”

meaning of doubtful

Doubtful means not certain or not likely to happen.

doubtful frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word doubtful occurs in english on average 12.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics doubtful can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that doubtful can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;