double-minded
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of double-minded
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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“I was a very double-minded person, as all Soviets were,” Lebedev said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021
Mr. Comey looked to me both embarrassed and double-minded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2016
A double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
From Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration by Steinmetz, Margaret Bird
Do not be double-minded, doing things with a mean and p. 153interested after-thought, plotting, planning, asking, will this right thing pay me or not?
From True Words for Brave Men by Kingsley, Charles
An impulse of double-minded acquiescence caused Clara to stammer as on a sob.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
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