double-minded
Americanadjective
adjective
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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 two-sided man is apt also to be double-minded.
From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
The simple-minded fear what they do not understand; the double-minded envy what they cannot reach.
From The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies by Lady, An American
A double-minded man most surely lacketh Stability in all he undertaketh.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
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