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vacillating

[ vas-uh-ley-ting ]

adjective

  1. not resolute; wavering; indecisive; hesitating:

    an ineffectual, vacillating person.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. oscillating; swaying; fluctuating:

    a vacillating indicator.



vacillating

/ ˈvæsɪlənt; ˈvæsɪˌleɪtɪŋ /

adjective

  1. inclined to waver; indecisive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈˌپԲ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • i·iԲ· adverb
  • ԴDz·i·iԲ adjective
  • ܲ·i·iԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vacillating1

First recorded in 1805–15; vacillat(e) + -ing 2
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Synonym Study

See fickle.
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Example Sentences

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He attributed the vacillating accounts to Phillip’s plight as a witness who “saw his mother murdered before his very eyes” but still loved the killer.

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According to historians and experts in political speech, Trump’s wildly vacillating rhetoric is unique among presidents — many of whom have overpromised or shifted positions, but few so wildly.

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Oppenheimer modulates the lighting during the scenes from cool to warm and back again, underlining the vacillating feelings they can’t acknowledge outright.

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We are a country, and a world, chasing its tail – vacillating between hatred, anger and a desire for peace.

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Throwing in with the CRM never stopped her from vacillating back and forth between her identities: Jadis and Anne, Alexandria and the authoritarian military.

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