It was a dismal prospect, what with the strikes and inflation, the endless chores, the daily boredom and the uphill struggle to make ends meet; the whole effort was of doubtful benefit and hardly worth the candle.

A Nigerian study recommended "education on the need to avoid the use of popular first aid measures of doubtful benefit."

His Times obituary recalled him as "the pioneer of a doubtful benefit", though crediting him with having "helped greatly to promote trade relations between England and the United States".

But these seem doubtful benefits when measured against the costs.

A couple of years ago System B303, or at least the K2 part of it, was enjoying the doubtful benefits of proto-Elizabethan rule.

Radulescu had thought about it indeed, but his thinking had been of doubtful benefit, as far as he could tell.

Dr. Hendeles named Nyquil as one cold preparation in which antihistamines had doubtful benefit.

Hence, for instance, some of the more onerous provisions of the clean-air act that will produce doubtful benefits at huge cost.

The captain spoke pidgin Italian for my doubtful benefit, in order that I might understand perfectly, that nothing should be lost.

And he thought now that the knot of Charmian's golden hair would be of doubtful benefit to any man.