Doubtful and Never

Doubtful

Doubtful adjective - Not feeling sure about the truth, wisdom, or trustworthiness of someone or something.

Never and doubtful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Never" instead an adjective "Doubtful".

Never

Never adverb - At no time.

Doubtful and never are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Doubtful" instead an adjective "Never".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Never Live It Down / Comic Books Though it's doubtful anyone considers this a canon representation of the character, since just about everyone wants to pretend Batman & Robin never happened.
  • Because of this, his backstory was never properly revealed, and it looks doubtful that it ever will be.
  • Film / Home Movie We never find out if they were possessed or not, but given how the film ended, it's doubtful.
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