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indecisive as in: an indecisive decision maker
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She’s so indecisive. She second-guesses every answer instead of choosing and moving on.
indecisive = slow and unsure when making decisions
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She's best in a situation where it's better to be wrong than indecisive.
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Progress was slowed by an indecisive manager.
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Well, Maxon's very indecisive, so you don't have to worry about that just yet. (source)indecisive = not good at making decisions
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You cannot afford to seem indecisive in front of men like Roose Bolton and Rickard Karstark. (source)indecisive = not good at making decisions
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"Fleur's sister's a bridesmaid, she needs to be here for the rehearsal, and she's too young to come on her own," said Hermione, as she pored indecisively over Break with a Banshee. (source)indecisively = in a manner indicating that she's not sure if she should focus on the book or think about other things
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It was a thick-tongued noise, the noise she always made to convey my indecisiveness, accompanied by a dazed rolling of the eyes and the dusting off of my legal first name. (source)indecisiveness = poor ability to make decisionsstandard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Not the galling kind that draws frogs out to croak, but an indecisive drizzle that had come and gone all morning. (source)indecisive = unsure of what to do (figurative about the weather)
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Meg continued to stand indecisively. (source)indecisively = in the manner of someone who is having a hard time deciding what to do
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He was about to accept the presence of the bird as one of those waking dreams he was subject to whenever indecisiveness was confronted with reality, when Guitar opened his eyes and said, "Goddam!† (source)indecisiveness = poor ability to make a decision
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The police helicopters were rising so far away that it seemed someone had blown the grey head off a dry dandelion flower. Two dozen of them flurried, wavering, indecisive, three miles off, like butterflies puzzled by autumn, (source)indecisive = unsure of where to go
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A woman brushed past him carrying a crying child, then she changed her mind and came back and stood, turning indecisively at the side of the road. (source)indecisively = in a manner where a decision is not made
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The indecisiveness, or feebleness, of his movements was more pronounced.† (source)indecisiveness = poor ability to make a decision
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Kennedy was indecisive at a time when he should have been resolute. (source)indecisive = did not make a timely decision
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indecisive as in: an indecisive election
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It was a long indecisive war.
indecisive = without a clear winner or result
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Though casualties were high, the outcome of the battle was indecisive.indecisive = without a clear victor or result
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Finny muttered something which was too indecisive for Leper, who turned with a cleanly energetic gesture toward Brinker. (source)indecisive = leaving an outcome unknown or a question unanswered
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Tyrell's reputation rested on one indecisive victory over Robert Baratheon at Ashford, in a battle largely won by Lord Tarly's van before the main host had even arrived. (source)indecisive = not a clear victory (though victory was claimed)
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That June, when the British chose to evacuate Philadelphia and march back to New York, Washington had hit them at Monmouth, New Jersey, in a major battle which, though indecisive, had proven that his so-called "rabble" were well able to hold their own against the vaunted enemy. (source)indecisive = without a clear winner or result
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…as a result of the loss of the Shevardino Redoubt, the Russians fought the battle of Borodino on an open and almost unentrenched position, with forces only half as numerous as the French; that is to say, under conditions in which it was not merely unthinkable to fight for ten hours and secure an indecisive result, but unthinkable to keep an army even from complete disintegration and flight. (source)indecisive = without a clear victor or result
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At the end there was an indecisive, semiserious silence and then Brinker said, "Phineas, if you please." (source)indecisive = where nobody was sure what to do next
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"On the contrary, your Highness, in indecisive actions it is always the most stubborn who remain victors," replied Raevski, (source)indecisive = without a clear victor or result
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He was loath to withdraw his faith from the twins, and was resolved not to do it on the present indecisive evidence;† (source)
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