dubious quality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdubiousandquality
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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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quality
noun
uk/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us/ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
how good or bad ...
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(Definition ofdubiousandqualityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The size of the research agenda is too large and the funding and time too scarce for nurses and other stakeholders to be undertaking research ofdubiousquality.
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Then consumers really will have to worry, because third country products are ofdubiousquality.
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Unqualified child minders offered much provision ofdubiousquality: there was some high-quality provision, but there was no control over standards.
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In such cases, the goods are almost entirely new, but they are of fairlydubiousquality.
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We regret very much his reaction to a film ofdubiousquality.
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If medicines are available at all, they are either of verydubiousqualityor completely obsolete.
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Imports will increase, including wines ofdubiousquality, at the expense of public health.
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Much of it has been ofdubiousquality, although there were exceptions.
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The health care purveyed to our prison population is often ofdubiousquality, and the informatics that support moves that we might make towards improving that health are abysmal.
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There is no point in opening up the provision of child care of adubiousqualityonly to have to deal with the problems that that creates later.
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Europe has been overrun with film productions which are foreign to our cultural identity and often ofdubiousqualityfor too long now.
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They were not above swindling unsuspecting miners, and thisdubiousqualityeventually infected their own relationship.
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She helps her husband run his shop, selling fish ofdubiousquality, and is unperturbed by the bizarre uses to which they are sometimes put.
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The combined high price anddubiousqualityof the book, resulted in slow sales compared to other high-end automotive books.
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Infomercials have earned a reputation as a medium for advertising scams and products ofdubiousquality.
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