doubtful advantage

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Dora appeared to think that a decidedly doubtful advantage.

From A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story by Brazil, Angela

The very doubtful advantage gained by the action was purchased at the heavy loss of 75 killed, including several valuable officers, and 195 wounded, while the French and Russians together lost still more.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

To gain a battle, unless a final one, was, with a force so small as his, a matter of very doubtful advantage.

From The Life of Francis Marion by Simms, William Gilmore

Niccolo, anxious to hear them, abandoned a certain victory for a very doubtful advantage; and leaving his son Francesco to command the army, hastened to Milan.

From History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy by Machiavelli, Niccolò

The 51st was the first black unit in the Marine Corps, a doubtful advantage considering the frequent reorganization and rapid troop turnover that proved its lot.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.