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What (who) is VACILLATING - definition
Vacillating
·adj Inclined to fluctuate; wavering.
II. Vacillating ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Vacillate.
vacillating
a.
Wavering, fluctuating, unsteady, inconstant.
hesitate
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STOP OR PAUSE BEFORE A DECISION OR ACTION, DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OR DOUBT
Hesitant; Draft:Hesitation; Hesitating; Hesitated; Hesitates; Hesitance; Hesitate
v.
1) (D; intr.) to hesitate over (to hesitate over a choice)
2) (E) she hesitated to act; do not hesitate to call me
Examples of use of VACILLATING
1. Stammer admits he gets exasperated with their vacillating.
2. The Palestinians are also vacillating between yes and no.
3. That ambiguity confounded the Army‘s criminal investigators for months and left the prosecutors vacillating over strategy.
4. The ministers should understand that the public is tired of the vacillating, zigzags and contradictory reports.
5. Buses rolled through Mobile to collect stragglers who were vacillating about whether to leave or stay.