Is this phrase in the right context? "Unequivocal doubt"?

Question

...and how do you use "unequivocal"?

Answer 1

It really depends how you "phrase" the two words.
Ex. The statement "There was unequivocal doubt about his guilt", insinuates that he is clearly guilty.

The two words by themselves is redundant and is essentially a contradictory phrasing.

Use "unequivocal" when you desire to express that something is unquestionable or clear.

DEFINITIONS:

Unequivocal -
1 : leaving no doubt : CLEAR, UNAMBIGUOUS
2 : UNQUESTIONABLE

Doubt -
1 archaic a : FEAR b : SUSPECT
2 : to be in doubt about
3 a : to lack confidence in : DISTRUST b : to consider unlikely

Answer 2

Unequivocal means that you're not equivocating; i.e., you're not trying to hide important information without lying by using words that, technically, are true but which fail to convey the full extent of meaning.

For example, if you know that your neighbor's house is on fire, but when you call him at his office you merely report that you smell smoke and that there's a rumor going around the neighborhood that someone's house might be on fire, you're equivocating.

The sentence "There is unequivocal doubt" would probably be taken to mean "it is certain that there are doubts." There's nothing wrong with that, logically; however, it suffers from the flaw of wordiness.

And there's one other thing. The only doubts about which you may be unequivocably unequivocal are your own. Other people's doubts may be expressed, but expressions of doubt can be lies. Somebody might be falsely asserting his doubts, while in reality he might have no doubt at all. If, lacking a confession of doubt by someone else, you believe that he does, nonetheless, have doubt, your belief is based on an inference. You can't be unequivocal about whether, or about how much, doubt exists in someone else's mind.

Answer 3

I don't think so. This is like saying, "there is no doubt that the only possible feeling on the issue at hand is doubt". Or "It is definitely maybe-not".

To say something unequivecally is absolute and without question.

Doubt is not an absolute, a sine qua non of doubt is that there is still a possiblity either way.

How do you use unecivocal? it is used to describe something that can not possibly be disputed, or has not been equivocated.

Answer 4

means ABSOLUTELLY THERE IS A DOUBT;
you use UNEQUIVOCAL when there is no question about it

Answer 5

yes