DUBIOUSNESS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

dubiousness

noun

Definition of dubiousness

as in shakiness

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Recent Examples of dubiousness Kelley goes all-in too early (only a scene-stealing Leo Woodall, as an American solider with a secret, brings the appropriate level of dubiousness to the pair’s exchanges). — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025 Going off gold prompted mass dubiousness about currencies and sparked interest in currency hedges. — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025 Hence the dubiousness of a TV adaptation. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Geopolitical shocks, economic shakiness and breakneck advances in AI have left many feeling unmoored, even pessimistic.

— Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Indexes are near their records, even with the recent shakiness for AI stocks.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of shakiness

Noun

As with Interview’s two seasons, the new offering is explicitly premised on the narrator’s unreliability.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
America’s unreliability has become the driver of geopolitical instability, the thing every foreign ministry now has to plan around.

— Ian Bremmer, Time, 25 June 2026

Definition of unreliability

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