51³Ō¹Ļ

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sceptical

[skep-ti-kuhl]

adjective

  1. skeptical.



sceptical

/ ˈ²õ°ģɛ±č³ŁÉŖ°ģə±ō /

adjective

  1. not convinced that something is true; doubtful

  2. tending to mistrust people, ideas, etc, in general

  3. of or relating to sceptics; sceptic

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • antisceptical adjective
  • hypersceptical adjective
  • hypersceptically adverb
  • hyperscepticalness noun
  • oversceptical adjective
  • oversceptically adverb
  • overscepticalness noun
  • unsceptical adjective
  • unsceptically adverb
  • sceptically adverb
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Example Sentences

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But Christian Carrier, the president of the regional beekeepers' union, was sceptical.

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Kennedy's panel choices have also sparked criticism from Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician who was sceptical of voting to confirm Kennedy as health secretary because of his stances on vaccines.

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I'm sceptical when she tells me to hold a raisin and look, feel, smell, listen and - eventually - put it in my mouth.

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There is the practicality, "people in Whitehall will be very sceptical if thinking bombing Iran will yield any better outcome", one former diplomat said.

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But won't some people be sceptical about the link between funding oracy programmes for young children and preventing a young teenager from picking up a knife?

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