Indecision
[ɪndɪ'sɪʒ(ə)n] or ['ɪndɪ'sɪʒən]
Definition
(noun.) doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; 'his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost'.
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Definition
(n.) Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Irresolution, vacillation, hesitation, unsteadiness, inconstancy, changeableness, fickleness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DECISION]
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Definition
n. want of decision or resolution: hesitation.—adj. Indecī′sive unsettled: inconclusive.—adv. Indecī′sively.—n. Indecī′siveness.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The chief element of success; 'for whereas saith Sir Thomas Brewbold, there is but one way to do nothing and divers way to do something whereof to a surety only one is the right way it followeth that he who from indecision standeth still hath not so many chances of going astray as he who pusheth forwards '—a most clear and satisfactory exposition of the matter.
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Examples
- My feelings are at present in a state of dreadful indecision; I wish to acquit you, but certainty on either side will be ease to what I now suffer. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Her face was pale, but it showed no indecision and no fear. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This train of indecision must surely be worked out now or never. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He did not begin, but, in his indecision, met her glance. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The design was a bold one; but we have the same authority for saying that in the execution Johnston showed vacillation and indecision. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In this state of indecision, obviously the first thing to be done, was to thump the boy for finding Mr. Weller at the door. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; I come back ignorant and disappointed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Having settled that I must go to the Blue Boar, my mind was much disturbed by indecision whether or not to take the Avenger. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His face expressed contrition and indecision as he asked: 'Have I injured you so much, Lizzie? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was far from rich, and every day of indecision and inaction made his inheritance a source of greater anxiety to him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His indecision was soon gone. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- All the encumbrance of doubt, all the rubbish of indecision, must be removed at once, and the plain truth must be ascertained. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Everything held in confusion and indecision until then! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her passion and her complete indecision almost made her ill. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Everybody was growing weary of indecision, and the first idea with everybody was, that nothing had been proposed before so likely to suit them all. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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