indecisiveness

[ in-di-sahy-siv-nis ]

noun

1. the condition or quality of being unable to decide, conclude, or resolve something:

   Once again my indecisiveness kicks in—there are just too many choices!

Word History and Origins

Origin of indecisiveness¹

indecisive ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

He had none of the “indecisiveness which commonly renders literary men of no use in the world” (Sir John Dalrymple).

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The indecisiveness which never dared to grasp the thistle firmly was troubling him with a new dilemma.

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Tenney started away in a dazed indecisiveness and Raven remembered his hurt and that he probably could not run.

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Where Hilary had paused, there was a milling indecisiveness.

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The indecisiveness, or feebleness, of his movements was more pronounced.

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