We would appreciate if the council would stop vacillating and make a choice already.
Source: tatoeba (10649794)
Vacillating
Synonyms for "vacillating" (126 found)
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uncontrolledundependableundisciplinedunfixedunpredictableunreliableunresolvedunrestrainedunsettledunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsurevacillatevacillatoryvagrantvaguevariableversatilevibratilevibratingvibratoryvicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardwhimsicalwishy washywishy-washywobbly
Adjective(4 words)
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2 entriesTranslations
8 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- колеблив adj (irresolute)
- нерешителен adj (irresolute)
Finnish
1 entries- epäröivä adj (irresolute)
Greenlandic
1 entries- nakimmappoq adj (irresolute)
Irish
1 entries- luaineach adj (irresolute)
Ukrainian
3 entries- нерішучий adj (irresolute)
- той, що вагається adj (irresolute)
- хиткий adj (irresolute)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
After a lot of vacillating, I agreed to his request.
Source: tatoeba (12995640)
It was vacillatings, misgivings, and deliberate calculations of this kind that paved the way […]
Source: wiktionary
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