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dubious circumstances

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meanings of dubiousand circumstance


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dubious
adjective
uk /ˈdʒuː.bi.əs/ us /ˈduː.bi.əs/
thought not to be completely true or not able to ...
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circumstance
noun
uk /ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/ us /ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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Examples of dubious circumstances


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His principled stand condemned him to the back-benches, and in 1979 he lost his parliamentary seat in dubious circumstances.
Therefore, it is not only the private operators who charge what appear to be excessive amounts in dubious circumstances.
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Any donation made in dubious circumstances, for example in response to financial pressure, is also a danger for the recipient of cells and tissues.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It is brought in under the most dubious circumstances.
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Hansard archive

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Will he confirm that, when looking at the system, he will also look at the dubious circumstances in which some community law centres purport to operate?
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Hansard archive

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Since the mid-1980s, many countries have become aware of the disposal of hazardous wastes from developed to developing countries, which is often done in dubious circumstances.
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Because twenty-five seats were uncontested under dubious circumstances, it has been difficult to determine what the actual support for the party was in the country.
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Wikipedia

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The hare was not found until 1982, in what later emerged as dubious circumstances.
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Wikipedia

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However, this episode is not reported by contemporary sources, which instead condemn the pair for making an unequal and inappropriate marriage in dubious circumstances.
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