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cautious collapse: cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent; "a cautious answer"; "very cautious about believing everything she was told"; showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver"; avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"

delay collapse: the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time; time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"; cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"; act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

halting collapse: fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few broken words of sorrow"

unresolved collapse: characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved

think twice collapse: consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"

indecisive collapse: not definitely settling something; "a long and indecisive war"; characterized by lack of decision and firmness; "an indecisive manager brought the enterprise to a standstill"; not clearly defined; "indecisive boundaries running through mountains"

fluctuate collapse: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"; move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"; cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

jellyfish collapse: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

oscillate collapse: move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

hem and haw collapse: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

procrastinate collapse: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"; postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

mugwump collapse: a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics); someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884

linger collapse: take one's time; proceed slowly; remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

alteration collapse: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

hesitate collapse: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"; interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

loiter collapse: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

waver collapse: the act of moving back and forth; someone who communicates by waving; sway to and fro

hover collapse: hang in the air; fly or be suspended above; move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"; be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

dally collapse: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"; waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"; behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"

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