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hesitancy
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A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
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He spelled the word hesitancy with an extra "e": "hesitency".
Although Scotland recovered in part from their early hesitancy to lead through a Grant Hanley goal just before the break, Chris Coleman's side bounced back after the break to end any hopes the Tartan Army might have had of making Brazil next summer.
After the break the Govan men could not fashion anything like the two chances missed by Dean Shiels and Jon Daly in the first half, and when Simonsen's hesitancy allowed Ciftci to pounce it was all over.
Related: Confessions of a charity professional – we want your blogs When I receive a call from fellow cold callers and gleefully inform them that I too do the same for a charity, they respond in one of two ways - either an instant mutual bond is formed, or a note of hesitancy comes over as they head for a tactical withdrawal.
Michael Clarke, the director of RUSI, a London-based think-tank, says that if, as seems likely, Australia and France are ready to join America in an extended air campaign, it is almost inconceivable that Britain "would not step up to the plate".The appearance of hesitancy reflects two understandable British concerns.
Tory malcontents variously say they are reserving judgment until the budget on March 20th, the local elections in May or even next year's European elections.Their hesitancy is not for lack of ire.
The other idea is a principle undergirding toleration: a certain modesty about the truth of one's beliefs and corresponding hesitancy to punish dissidents.
The minister of the interior, Prince Nayef, has typically preferred to hint that alien forces, rather than Saudis, have been responsible.Such hesitancy may now be about to end.
The administration's nervousness about old-fashioned liberalism has contributed to its hesitancy in dealing with the banking crisis.
It was possible that the merger would be called off by regulators, a danger that fostered hesitancy over integration.
That and the new government's hesitancy about free trade with the United States may hold the street at bay for a while.
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