Speakur

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doubtfulness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
doubt-ful-ness
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being doubtful; doubt; uncertainty.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English doutefulnesse, dowtefulnesse, equivalent to doubtful + -ness.

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

doubtfulnesses (plural)

Synonyms

dubiety doubt dubiousness question uncertainty incertitude

Questions

What does doubtfulness mean?
The state or quality of being doubtful; doubt; uncertainty.
Where does doubtfulness come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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