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    indecision
    [ noun ]
    1. doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action

      2. <noun.cognition>
      his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost
    2. the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose

      3. <noun.attribute>
      the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court


    Indecision \In`de*ci"sion\, n. [Pref. in- not + decision: cf. F.
    ind['e]cision.]
    Lack of decision; lack of settled purpose, or of firmness;
    indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation;
    hesitation.

    The term indecision . . . implies an idea very nicely
    different from irresolution; yet it has a tendency to
    produce it. --Shenstone.

    Indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of violence.
    --Burke.

    1. Like the crippled churches that fell before it, San Lorenzo became a victim of indecision.
    2. Still, the selection of a seeming abortion-neutral nominee only postpones the GOP's indecision on abortion.
    3. Such indecision could hamper the committee's ambitious plans.
    4. Besides, through laziness and indecision rather than by plan, my hair, for which I am constantly receiving compliments, has grown so long that it completely covers my missing breast.
    5. Months of drift and indecision have meant a reversion to a primitive combination of barter and corruption. Not surprisingly, the arrival of the reformers has coincided with a battery of bleak economic statistics.
    6. The State Department, citing "changing conditions" in the Soviet Union, is giving high priority to constructing a new U.S. Embassy in Moscow to replace the one to be razed after years of indecision.
    7. Victims of the conflict as well as the budding political opposition openly second-guess him, accusing Gorbachev of aggravating the problem with indecision.
    8. As it is, his indecision has been reflected in the indecision of the voters.
    9. As it is, his indecision has been reflected in the indecision of the voters.
    10. Cuomo's apparent indecision has fueled speculation for months that he might want a deadlocked convention and desperate Democrats turning to him offering the nomination.
    11. U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel backed down after Watkins refused to testify, but the judge said he saw "confusion and indecision at the highest level" of the department.
    12. His fate was to be a Hamlet forced to watch the aftermath of his indecision.
    13. Government reports Tuesday painted a confusing picture about the health of the economy and led to indecision in the financial markets.
    14. Dukakis' advertising effort, beset by indecision, settled in the final days on two populist taglines: "The best America is yet to come" and "Dukakis-Bentsen.
    15. THE Confederation of British Industry, the employers group, yesterday urged the government to stop dithering and raise women's retirement age to 65. It said: 'The present indecision is causing real concern in the business community.
    16. The current drift toward the multilateral unification of Europe threatens British sovereignty and will encourage British indecision and inaction.
    17. However, it is trying to hold public sector wage increases below inflation. The government is paralysed by indecision.
    18. Ah, he is just a fella dropping by in Hamburg, because as all Beatlologists know Pete Best was Mr Percussion at that time. Interesting themes are picked up, looked at and then put back, as if by a high street shopper dazed with indecision.
    19. The postponement appeared related to ongoing indecision over who the party will nominate for the new six-year office that will oversee the army and foreign relations.
    20. Despite some U.S. impatience with West German uneasiness and indecision, American officials realize that unquantifiable psychological factors could in the end determine how loyal an ally Bonn remains.
    21. Miss Parker, with exquisite tact, hides what her absence of bodice might reveal. The artistic indecision implicit in such items is further stressed by Baryshnikov's part in Lar Lubovich's glutinous Concerto 622.
    22. They're all wimps, paralyzed with indecision.
    23. When he finally reaches his coronation, there is some indecision whether he should be crowned with those, or a hammer and sickle. The authors' dry sense of humour is the saving grace through all this nonsense.
    24. The price, however, will not slip past history, and history will ignore the military parades that celebrate only the brilliant center of events bracketed by failure and indecision.
    25. Since then, the region's youth have seen civilian authority erode from within by corruption, inefficiency and government indecision and challenged from without by disgruntled military officers, drug traffickers and leftist guerrillas.
    26. But the strife extends to the politicians. Parts of the government machine are reportedly paralysed by ministerial indecision.
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