indecisive

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Its motion was exceedingly awkward and indecisive, and we never saw it attempt to run.

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  1. adjective Prone to or characterized by indecision; irresolute: an indecisive manager.
  2. adjective Inconclusive: an indecisive contest; an indecisive battle.
  3. adjective Not clearly defined; indefinite: indecisive boundaries running through mountainous terrain.

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  • Maybe if she was indecisive, the girls would help her get a sense of how the audience viewed the situation. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#216
  • Even if his first sortie proved indecisive, the two would act as lethal pincers, poised to close around the British Isles. —  Luftwaffe Victorious
  • In Fairny Bay the sea had been indecisive, the waves just flopping around; but out here they were hurrying west as if they knew something. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 03 - March 1994
  • Miss Faversham was indecisive, adjusting the abominable fur hat Well, Miss Faversham? —  F ;SF; - vol 102 issue 02 - February 2002
  • And now, five years later, she had emerged from the marriage bedraggled, indecisive, and afraid of her own shadow. —  Ask the Cards a Question - Muller, Marcia - McCone 02
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/ɪndəˈsaɪsɪv/
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