Both Uses of
indecision
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- These arguments at length concluded, Mr Squeers crossed his legs, uncrossed them, scratched his head, rubbed his eye, examined the palms of his hands, and bit his nails, and after exhibiting many other signs of restlessness and indecision, asked 'whether one hundred pound was the highest that Mr Nickleby could go.'†
Chpt 56
- After a few days' indecision, I applied to the young gentleman in whose care he was, and I found that he was dead.†
Chpt 60 *
Definition:
-
(indecision) leaving a decision unmade due to uncertainty; or a general tendency to leave decisions unmade