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Definition of indecision in English: indecisionnoun ɪndɪˈsɪʒ(ə)nˌɪndəˈsɪʒ(ə)n mass nounThe inability to make a decision quickly. 优柔寡断，犹豫不决 government indecision over the future of local taxation Example sentencesExamples - Defeated by indecision and the reddest of tape, they withdrew after supplying the initial plans.
- With the pressure on, we are gripped by indecision and descend into argument.
- A long awaited meeting about our replacement toilets on Tuesday resulted in indecision!
- It seemed shackled to indecision, unable to make up its mind.
- After a moment of indecision, I crawled to my feet and I quickly wiped my face clean of the mud.
- At what point does indecision, does the inability to act at all, become legitimately frightening?
- She seemed to hover in indecision for a second, and then made the abrupt decision to speak.
- This indecision at the level of military planning reflects a broader and deeper dilemma of American foreign policy today.
- After all I am the woman who spends a large percentage of her time paralyzed with indecision or fear, or both.
- The impression again was of indecision and fear of a competition.
- His back-and-forth reflects a habit of indecision, and sends a message of confusion.
- He swallowed for a second, indecision crossing his face, before he decided to play dumb.
- In such moments of indecision, political leadership can win the day.
- At every stage, ambivalence and indecision has meant that decisions were forced upon them by events on the ground.
- When driving two things are inherently dangerous; indecision and lack of indication.
- It blames the change in costing on indecision over the future of the line.
- There's not only nepotism but perhaps worst of all, political indecision.
- The indecision over the future tax break has reportedly already cost the Irish film industry millions.
- The two-week siege was a result of indecision, not sophistication.
- The United Nations found itself floundering as it stumbled from one moment of indecision to another.
Synonyms indecisiveness, irresolution, irresoluteness, lack of resolution, hesitancy, hesitation, tentativeness ambivalence, doubt, doubtfulness, unsureness, uncertainty vacillation, equivocation, oscillation, wavering, teetering, fluctuation, faltering, second thoughts delay, hanging back, waiting, shilly-shallying, dithering, stalling, temporizing, temporization British havering, humming and hawing Scottish swithering informal dilly-dallying, blowing hot and cold, sitting on the fence rare dubiety, incertitude, cunctation
OriginMid 18th century: from French indécision, from in- (expressing negation) + décision, from Latin decisio(n-), from the verb decidere (see decide). Definition of indecision in US English: indecisionnounˌɪndəˈsɪʒ(ə)nˌindəˈsiZH(ə)n The inability to make a decision quickly. 优柔寡断，犹豫不决 government indecision over the future of local taxation Example sentencesExamples - There's not only nepotism but perhaps worst of all, political indecision.
- She seemed to hover in indecision for a second, and then made the abrupt decision to speak.
- A long awaited meeting about our replacement toilets on Tuesday resulted in indecision!
- Defeated by indecision and the reddest of tape, they withdrew after supplying the initial plans.
- At what point does indecision, does the inability to act at all, become legitimately frightening?
- The two-week siege was a result of indecision, not sophistication.
- With the pressure on, we are gripped by indecision and descend into argument.
- It seemed shackled to indecision, unable to make up its mind.
- His back-and-forth reflects a habit of indecision, and sends a message of confusion.
- He swallowed for a second, indecision crossing his face, before he decided to play dumb.
- In such moments of indecision, political leadership can win the day.
- After a moment of indecision, I crawled to my feet and I quickly wiped my face clean of the mud.
- When driving two things are inherently dangerous; indecision and lack of indication.
- The indecision over the future tax break has reportedly already cost the Irish film industry millions.
- At every stage, ambivalence and indecision has meant that decisions were forced upon them by events on the ground.
- This indecision at the level of military planning reflects a broader and deeper dilemma of American foreign policy today.
- After all I am the woman who spends a large percentage of her time paralyzed with indecision or fear, or both.
- The United Nations found itself floundering as it stumbled from one moment of indecision to another.
- The impression again was of indecision and fear of a competition.
- It blames the change in costing on indecision over the future of the line.
Synonyms indecisiveness, irresolution, irresoluteness, lack of resolution, hesitancy, hesitation, tentativeness
OriginMid 18th century: from French indécision, from in- (expressing negation) + décision, from Latin decisio(n-), from the verb decidere (see decide). |