Doubtfulness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Doubtfulness \Doubt"ful*ness\, n.
     1. State of being doubtful.
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     2. Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness. " The
        doubtfulness of his expressions." --Locke.


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     3. Uncertainty of event or issue. --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  doubtfulness
       n 1: the state of being unsure of something [syn: {doubt}, {uncertainty},
             {incertitude}, {dubiety}, {dubiousness}] [ant: {certainty}]
       2: uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of
          something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no
          question about the validity of the enterprise" [syn: {doubt},
           {dubiousness}, {question}]