as in hesitation
a state or an instance of temporary inaction about the right course of action
her indecision about where to go for dinner, while everyone was getting hungrier by the minute, was frustrating
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Recent Examples of indecision
Devaney added that a deputy district attorney contacted her by phone earlier this month about the City Council’s indecision following the sudden resignation last September of Councilmember Dwight Worden, who announced he had been hospitalized with a small stroke and wanted to focus on his health.
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Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
The mental load of juggling too many tasks can lead to procrastination, indecision and even burnout.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Fiennes spends much of The Return wallowing in paralyzing indecision, watching and wondering and waiting, but here, his hesitancy is nothing like Conclave’s Lawrence.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Violence as currency, everything binary and stripped of nuance, uncertainty, indecision.
—Bob Guccione Jr., SPIN, 11 Feb. 2025
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Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
The mental load of juggling too many tasks can lead to procrastination, indecision and even burnout.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Fiennes spends much of The Return wallowing in paralyzing indecision, watching and wondering and waiting, but here, his hesitancy is nothing like Conclave’s Lawrence.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Violence as currency, everything binary and stripped of nuance, uncertainty, indecision.
—Bob Guccione Jr., SPIN, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecision
Noun
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The same hesitation existed with computers, the internet, and smartphones.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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TikTok Reacts Jensen's transformation sparked a wave of reactions in the comments section, with viewers split between admiration and hesitation.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That's an encouraging step, but consistency on the importance of vaccination is needed to overcome current levels of public hesitancy.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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The team’s hesitancy stemmed, in part, from its existing collection of nine-figure contracts.—
Dennis Lin,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Some Republican lawmakers have expressed hesitance to focus on a DOGE dividend rather than lowering the national deficit or expanding tax cuts, according to Forbes.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Mar. 2025
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Soren Toft and Vincent Clerc, the CEOs of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk, respectively, have called out the lack of safety guarantees as the top reason for their hesitance to return.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Mar. 2025
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Since then, The Bachelorette has had 21 seasons and 23 leads (Seasons 16 and 19 had two Bachelorettes) until February 2025 when news broke that ABC had put the series on pause.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
17 Mar. 2025
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According to fans at the show, an announcer told the crowd that the unplanned pause was due to an electrical fire and said Journey would continue the show, ABC 13 Houston reported.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Indecision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecision. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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