dithering

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* The Navy was decisive and all Obama was doing was getting bogged down in jurisdictional matters -- dithering, and the Navy, in effect, acted when he wouldn't.

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  1. the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color

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  • "Hanson has the swing vote on the thing and he's dithering -- not out of civic responsibility, you understand, but simply because he wants a larger piece of the action He's about to get it," Pangborn said. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 04-05 - October-November 1995
  • After months of dithering, the Sci Fi Channel has finally determined that Caprica will be added to their schedule in 2010. —  EclipseMagazine
  • LUCKNOW: After initial dithering, the state government on Friday allowed Pilibhit MP Maneka Gandhi to meet her son and incarcerated BJP LS candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi in Etah district jail. —  The Times of India
  • After initial dithering, the state government on Friday had allowed Pilibhit MP Maneka Gandhi to meet her son and incarcerated BJP LS candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi in Etah district jail. —  The Times of India
  • Then, when an option came up, not reacting decisively, but hesitating, dithering, and making the worst of all choices. —  Mywebblogs.com Master Site Feed
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