hesitant
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- hesitance noun
- hesitantly adverb
- nonhesitant adjective
- nonhesitantly adverb
- unhesitant adjective
- unhesitantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of hesitant
First recorded in 1640–50; from Latin haesitant-, stem of haesitāns “faltering,” present participle of haesitāre “to falter, hesitate,” literally, “to stick repeatedly,” from haerēre “to stick, cling”
Example Sentences
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Around eight percent of the respondents were hesitant to get a Covid jab in January 2021, when data about the jabs was mainly from clinical trials and not real life.
From Barron's
Concerns about job security are also rising, making more people hesitant to buy, real-estate agents said.
Oil investors are hesitant to commit capital to Venezuela without U.S. government risk-sharing, citing high costs and political instability.
From Barron's
Oil investors are hesitant to commit capital to Venezuela without U.S. government risk-sharing, citing high costs and political instability.
From Barron's
The demand for AI chips is driving the need for memory components, and because the memory market is cyclical, suppliers including Micron have been hesitant to add more capacity.
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