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tentativeness

NOUN

hesitation

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WEAK

averseness dawdling delay delaying demurral doubt dubiety equivocation faltering fluctuation fumbling hemming and hawing hesitancy indecision indecisiveness indisposition irresoluteness irresolution misgiving mistrust oscillation pause procrastination qualm reluctance scruple shilly-shally skepticism stammering stumbling stuttering timidity timidness to and fro unwillingness vacillation wavering

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With both fighters unwilling to over-commit, Romero edged the rounds with better use of the jab, coupled with Garcia's tentativeness.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

I really do think it's more interesting at this stage because you really feel the fear and the tentativeness of the participants in a way that I don't think you'll feel later.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

Ultimately, she had to push any hesitance or tentativeness out of her mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

The cases on Friday were less significant than the others, and the tentativeness of the two rulings demonstrated the difficulty of applying old doctrines to new technology.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

He’d captured the tentativeness she’d felt, the anxiety of how she might be perceived.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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