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dithers

ˈdɪðə

verb

be indecisive.

I can’t bear people who dither

hesitate,falter,waver,teeter,vacillate,oscillate,fluctuate,change one’s mind,be in two minds,be ambivalent,be indecisive,be unsure,be undecided,procrastinate,hang back,delay,stall,temporize,drag one’s feet,dawdle,dally,hum and haw,haver,swither,shilly-shally,dilly-dally,blow hot and cold,pussyfoot around,sit on the fence

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dithering

ˈdɪðə

verb

be indecisive.

I can’t bear people who dither

hesitate,falter,waver,teeter,vacillate,oscillate,fluctuate,change one’s mind,be in two minds,be ambivalent,be indecisive,be unsure,be undecided,procrastinate,hang back,delay,stall,temporize,drag one’s feet,dawdle,dally,hum and haw,haver,swither,shilly-shally,dilly-dally,blow hot and cold,pussyfoot around,sit on the fence

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dither

ˈdɪðə

verb

be indecisive.

I can’t bear people who dither

hesitate,falter,waver,teeter,vacillate,oscillate,fluctuate,change one’s mind,be in two minds,be ambivalent,be indecisive,be unsure,be undecided,procrastinate,hang back,delay,stall,temporize,drag one’s feet,dawdle,dally,hum and haw,haver,swither,shilly-shally,dilly-dally,blow hot and cold,pussyfoot around,sit on the fence

noun

indecisive behaviour.

after months of dither ministers had still not agreed

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dawdling

ˈdɔːd(ə)l

verb

waste time; be slow.

she mustn’t dawdle—she had to make the call now

linger,dally,take one’s time,drag one’s feet,be slow,waste time,kill time,fritter time away,idle,delay,procrastinate,stall,hang fire,mark time,potter about/around/round,dilly-dally,tarry

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dawdles

ˈdɔːd(ə)l

verb

waste time; be slow.

she mustn’t dawdle—she had to make the call now

linger,dally,take one’s time,drag one’s feet,be slow,waste time,kill time,fritter time away,idle,delay,procrastinate,stall,hang fire,mark time,potter about/around/round,dilly-dally,tarry

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dawdled

ˈdɔːd(ə)l

verb

waste time; be slow.

she mustn’t dawdle—she had to make the call now

linger,dally,take one’s time,drag one’s feet,be slow,waste time,kill time,fritter time away,idle,delay,procrastinate,stall,hang fire,mark time,potter about/around/round,dilly-dally,tarry

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dawdle

ˈdɔːd(ə)l

verb

waste time; be slow.

she mustn’t dawdle—she had to make the call now

linger,dally,take one’s time,drag one’s feet,be slow,waste time,kill time,fritter time away,idle,delay,procrastinate,stall,hang fire,mark time,potter about/around/round,dilly-dally,tarry

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