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Zögerlichkeit

hesitancy, tentativeness

noun TSOE-ger-likh-kite Rare
Mind & Emotions Attitudes

Also means

indecisiveness

Usage Note

Zögerlichkeit describes a habitual tendency to hesitate. Seine Zögerlichkeit kostete ihn die Chance — his hesitancy cost him the opportunity. Related to zögern (to hesitate) and more formal than simply saying er ist unentschlossen.

Examples

"Mit mehr Entschlossenheit und weniger Zögerlichkeit hätte sie Erfolg gehabt."

Natural Translation

With more resolve and less hesitancy she would have succeeded.

Literal Translation

With more decisiveness and less hesitancy she would have had success.

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