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Subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met
Hesitant, uncertain, or cautious
Lacking certainty or decisiveness or unwilling to commit
Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things
In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture
Unable to think straight
Not complete or absolute
Lacking courage
Not perfected
Uncertain
Acting as a substitute or surrogate for another
Performed or supplied at an initial stage
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Adjective
▲
Subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met
indefinite
provisional
unconfirmed
trial
unsettled
experimental
preliminary
speculative
test
conjectural
exploratory
pilot
TBC
conditional
dependent
provisionary
provisory
unproven
unsubstantiated
untried
pencilled in
acting
contingent
makeshift
probationary
rough
subject to
temporary
undecided
subject to confirmation
ad interim
contingent on
contingent upon
not final
not settled
on trial
to be confirmed
open for consideration
open to consideration
subject to change
developmental
sample
investigative
fact-finding
probing
explorative
based on
resting on
hanging on
hingeing on
depending on
determined by
controlled by
approximate
testing
practice
mock
model
pretend
simulated
searching
initial
analytic
interim
investigational
confirmation
elimination
corroboration
transitional
short-term
stopgap
empirical
examining
qualified
changeover
hypothetical
make-do
caretaker
fill-in
improvised
pro tem
working
unfinished
impermanent
limited
untested
interregnal
based
ephemeral
draft
US
draught
UK
transient
outline
pro tempore
rough-and-ready
passing
preparatory
under review
beginning
unproved
unconcluded
depending
TBC to be confirmed
counting
relying
susceptible to
related to
relying on
liable to
under control of
relative to
incidental to
conditional on
swayed by
resultant from
regulated by
bound by
accessory to
influenced by
first stage
dependent on
on the drawing board
tied to
bound up with
more ❯
“They have reached a
tentative
agreement to hold talks next month.”
Adjective
▲
Hesitant, uncertain, or cautious
hesitant
cautious
faltering
uncertain
doubtful
timid
unsure
diffident
halting
backward
hesitating
iffy
shaky
unconfident
unsteady
wavering
undecided
disinclined
irresolute
reluctant
shy
vacillating
vacillatory
wobbly
indecisive
slow
sceptical
UK
delaying
half-hearted
stumbling
uneager
unpredictable
averse
lazy
unwilling
doubting
skeptical
US
dawdling
afraid
hanging back
lacking confidence
broken
stammering
loath
pendulous
vacillant
shilly-shally
weak
stuttering
imperfect
awkward
laboured
UK
disjointed
non-fluent
labored
US
bumbling
inept
unhandy
claudicant
gauche
lumbering
ham-handed
maladroit
ham-fisted
wooden
clumsy
dubious
ambivalent
nervous
dithering
stalling
shilly-shallying
oscillating
havering
in doubt
cunctatory
having qualms
dilly-dallying
having misgivings
in two minds
humming and hawing
in a quandary
in a dilemma
blowing hot and cold
on the horns of a dilemma
more ❯
“It was just about 12 years ago that I sat on my living room floor, watching Natalie take her first
tentative
steps.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking certainty or decisiveness or unwilling to commit
noncommittal
undecided
irresolute
ambivalent
indecisive
uncommitted
wavering
torn
unclear
uncertain
unsure
dithering
waffling
unresolved
equivocating
hesitant
vacillating
doubtful
dubious
indefinite
oscillating
floating
neutral
not sure
wishy-washy
shilly-shallying
in two minds
on the fence
in a dilemma
in a quandary
of two minds
in doubt
on-the-fence
unsettled
undetermined
iffy
faltering
blowing hot and cold
divided
hesitating
teetering
unconvinced
fluctuating
equivocal
sitting on the fence
hemming and hawing
vague
suspicious
distrustful
sceptical
UK
skeptical
US
mistrustful
trustless
up in the air
split
ambiguous
in the balance
hinky
shaky
betwixt and between
running hot and cold
pending
debatable
fickle
chancy
borderline
halting
leery
doubting
on the horns of a dilemma
touch and go
weak-minded
unsteady
unknown
wobbling
wobbly
dicey
open to question
indeterminate
infirm
open
hazy
unascertained
unestablished
dodgy
unfinished
vacillant
perplexed
unconfirmed
problematic
volatile
weak
fluctuant
diffident
pussyfooting
unstable
like doubting Thomas
faithless
weak-kneed
yet to be decided
hedging your bets
hot-and-cold
in the middle
without belief
agnostic
changeable
hot and cold
in limbo
insecure
unconfident
hairy
questionable
speculative
confused
vexed
not definite
impartial
unable to decide
humming and hawing
unassertive
dilly-dallying
shillyshallying
uneventful
astraddle
inconstant
tottery
tottering
swithering
pendent
cagey
loath
reticent
indisposed
doddering
shaking
doddery
staggering
disinclined
loth
reluctant
cagy
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
questioning
unassured
unsavoury
UK
untrusty
moot
disputable
outstanding
arguable
controversial
nervous
unconcluded
on the back burner
on ice
open to doubt
unreliable
conditional
unpredictable
changing
halfhearted
fearful
full of doubt
problematical
capricious
whimsical
in lap of gods
erratic
incalculable
in the lap of the gods
fishy
risky
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things
unadventurous
wary
cagey
circumspect
prudent
careful
cautious
chary
hesitant
timid
unenterprising
conventional
timorous
traditional
unexciting
unimaginative
boring
conservative
limited
narrow-minded
restrained
safe
square
stay-at-home
straight
strait-laced
stuffy
uncreative
shy
stick-in-the-mud
uptight
guarded
judicious
tactful
discreet
reserved
vigilant
mindful
belt-and-braces
gentle
gradual
calm
diplomatic
patient
softly-softly
noncommittal
heedful
alert
watchful
measured
reticent
apprehensive
gingerly
attentive
considerate
aware
leery
provident
scrupulous
politic
suspecting
forethoughtful
precautious
suspicious
shrewd
discriminating
thoughtful
calculating
observant
on the qui vive
thinking twice
keeping a weather eye on
watching one's step
on your toes
walking on eggs
on guard
watching out
hedging one's bets
keeping on one's toes
handling with kid gloves
with one's eyes peeled
with reservations
all ears
on your guard
playing safe
walking on egg shells
with eyes peeled
taking it slow
on the lookout
on the watch
mistrustful
dubious
doubtful
sceptical
UK
skeptical
US
distrustful
cynical
uneasy
unbelieving
doubting
canny
incredulous
unsure
unconvinced
questioning
disbelieving
uncertain
awake
undecided
nervous
negativistic
unsettled
trustless
fearful
hinky
lacking trust
jealous
been hit before
reluctant
wise
show-me
discerning
untrusting
deliberate
lacking confidence
sagacious
frugal
iffy
moderate
controlled
quizzical
thrifty
lacking faith
sparing
ambivalent
conscious
protective
unhurried
perceptive
aporetic
have misgivings
have reservations
sensitive
not believing
sage
wide-awake
sensible
jaundiced
unwasteful
on the alert
saving
sly
wide awake
having reservations
without faith
not born yesterday
wondering
without belief
in doubt
concerned
punctilious
playing one's cards close to one's chest
non-committal
strategic
close-lipped
vague
unrevealing
judgmatic
close-mouthed
intelligent
judgmatical
delicate
kid-glove
overcareful
overcautious
having foresight
like a clam
on lookout
civil
worldly-wise
reasonable
not rash
temperate
loath
averse
afraid
disinclined
mean
parsimonious
stingy
distrusting
inhibited
miserly
constrained
economical
particular
fastidious
more ❯
Adjective
▲
In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture
conjectural
academic
hypothetical
speculative
suppositional
theoretical
abstract
inferred
notional
postulated
academical
assumed
groundless
presumed
presupposed
putative
supposed
suppositious
suppositive
surmised
suspected
theoretic
unfounded
unproven
unsubstantiated
untested
doubtful
figured
guessing
guesstimated
ideational
postulational
reputed
surmising
suspect
uncertain
unresolved
based on guesswork
on a hunch
on a long shot
philosophical
intellectual
unproved
formularized
analytical
idealized
US
ideological
logical
idealised
UK
in theory
imaginary
vague
quixotic
codified
pedantic
transcendental
formalistic
general
instanced
problematical
contingent
transcendent
impractical
imaginative
unearthly
ideal
pure
on paper
as a premise
in the abstract
unconfirmed
postulatory
imagined
conjectured
nominal
presumptive
conceptual
non-practical
blue-sky
non-technical
basic
higher
fundamental
experimental
hairy
dangerous
projected
conceptive
hypothetic
metaphysical
questionable
unsupported
unverified
unreal
baseless
spurious
unjustified
uncorroborated
foundationless
ill-founded
unreliable
unsound
without basis
without foundation
unwarranted
unattested
not backed up by evidence
unreasonable
invalid
nonvalid
indefinite
false
misguided
misinformed
ungrounded
trumped-up
supposititious
unjustifiable
fabricated
idle
unrealistic
disputable
debatable
flimsy
tenuous
untrue
specious
fallacious
vain
erroneous
dubious
gratuitous
bottomless
trumped up
illogical
fanciful
fancied
illusory
visionary
imagal
divinatory
mendacious
misleading
uncalled-for
untruthful
off-base
deceptive
unpragmatic
unauthenticated
not practical
irrelevant
empty
inaccurate
useless
alleged
apparent
purported
ivory-tower
ivory-towered
ivory-towerish
reasonless
untenable
equivocal
concocted
conditional
conjecturable
refutable
provisory
guessed
indeterminate
casual
contestable
assumptive
stochastic
proposed
pretending
problematic
recondite
likely
unpractical
nonconcrete
inferential
asserted
made up
intangible
immaterial
without substantiation
without merit
unestablished
untrustworthy
not validated
dodgy
iffy
weak
nebulous
undependable
suspicious
dubitable
open to question
fishy
controversial
arguable
hard to believe
open to doubt
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unable to think straight
dithery
bothered
indecisive
uncertain
unsure
agitated
dithering
flustered
hesitant
irresolute
vacillating
wavering
aflutter
antsy
anxious
atwitter
edgy
goosey
hinky
insecure
jittery
jumpy
nervous
nervy
perturbed
queasy
queazy
swithering
tense
troubled
uneasy
unquiet
upset
uptight
worried
het up
hung up
keyed up
on edge
on tenterhooks
ill at ease
in a flap
all of a dither
on pins and needles
apprehensive
restless
twitchy
fidgety
disturbed
unsettled
overwrought
concerned
fearful
stressed
wired
frightened
distressed
scared
shaky
toey
overstrung
in a tizzy
worked up
disquieted
fretful
discomposed
uncomfortable
strung out
stressy
spooked
afraid
in a state
hyper
excited
highly strung
spooky
strained
flurried
strung up
ruffled
restive
alarmed
high-strung
excitable
skittish
hysterical
squirrelly
windy
panicky
disconcerted
unnerved
in a state of agitation
dismayed
neurotic
adrenalized
like a cat on a hot tin roof
shaken
timid
taut
shy
annoyed
unrelaxed
in a state of nerves
in a stew
timorous
febrile
distraught
in a tizz
all of a lather
sensitive
like a cat on hot bricks
trembling
shaking
wound up
discombobulated
unglued
wrought up
vexed
in a sweat
in a twitter
fraught
having kittens
a bundle of nerves
in a twit
self-conscious
brittle
irritable
fluttery
angsty
unstable
quaking
rattled
choked
irked
tormented
anguished
hot and bothered
beside oneself
under stress
bundle of nerves
stressed out
in a cold sweat
bricking oneself
all of a doodah
shook up
flighty
creepy
stressful
bashful
skittery
nerve-racking
nail-biting
shocked
distracted
terrified
spasmodic
frantic
inhibited
retiring
careful
embarrassed
shrinking
discomfited
mousy
fazed
doubtful
discountenanced
fretting
shivery
provoked
confused
fevered
touchy
overanxious
in suspense
irascible
inconvenienced
irritated
quivering
hassled
white-knuckled
suspicious
nervous wreck
impatient
worried sick
peevish
harassed
unrestful
beset
riled
muddled
tortured
plagued
perplexed
angstful
solicitous
clutched
bugged
put out
a wreck
with one's stomach in knots
shot to pieces
with butterflies in one's stomach
worried stiff
with one's heart in one's mouth
like a fish out of water
twittering
trepidatious
caught up
graceless
under pressure
awkward
under a strain
frisky
out of place
faltering
unnatural
gauche
palpitant
wrung
pressured
frazzled
all of a flutter
blushing
unconfident
hectic
weak
wreck
moving
moved
shot
watchful
in turmoil
all nerves
on the qui vive
desperate
flushed
startled
intense
easily frightened
easily agitated
afflicted
asea
aghast
dreading
diffident
up the wall
white knuckled
aquiver
in a panic
daunted
having butterflies in the stomach
in a spin
a basket case
in a flat spin
sweating bullets
exacerbated
puzzled
displeased
chagrined
aggravated
pained
mortified
pestered
harried
harrowed
miffed
fussy
distrustful
emotional
frenzied
unreluctant
irrational
tetchy
hurt
withdrawn
self-doubting
unassertive
self-effacing
strict
conventional
cautious
overactive
hot under the collar
hyped-up
heated
wrought-up
overexcited
afire
atingle
hyperexcited
meek
lacking confidence
unforthcoming
grieved
testy
crotchety
prickly
short-tempered
crabbed
hot-tempered
captious
snappy
temperamental
chippy
bad-tempered
querulous
quick-tempered
not self-assured
lacking self-confidence
introverted
passive
gutted
sad
feeling anxious
active
hurried
transient
unsteady
turbulent
unruly
wandering
intermittent
changeable
fidgeting
itchy
inconstant
unpeaceful
footloose
roving
sleepless
fitful
nomadic
bustling
ill-tempered
unhappy
saddened
oversensitive
moody
critical
zipped up
hot
juiced up
offended
angered
disappointed
fretted
vague
Delphic
unassured
questioning
unpoised
old-fashioned
on the defensive
nerves on edge
thrown
low
unsettling
unnerving
disturbing
disquieting
verklempt
blue
unzipped
wounded
touch and go
up in the air
hanging by thread
on thin ice
cut up
in disorder
amazed
charged
hairy
tossing and turning
exciting
come apart
psyched out
bummed out
broken up
at sixes and sevens
all torn up
shaking in one's shoes
in a dither
distressful
agitating
rigid
worrisome
distressing
concerning
nerve-wracking
horrified
hysteric
panic-stricken
horror-struck
petrified
intimidated
terrorized
US
frozen
scared stiff
terrorised
UK
affrighted
terror-stricken
scared to death
mad
cowardly
faint-hearted
feverish
miserable
lily-livered
stunned
wretched
aroused
distrait
scary
running scared
pusillanimous
have cold feet
devastated
delirious
sorrowful
spineless
angry
chicken
cowed
yellow
angst-ridden
high
obsessed
stiff
terror-struck
horror-stricken
scared witless
peeved
fractious
disconsolate
inconsolable
at the end of your tether
manic
heartbroken
weak-kneed
grief-stricken
dolorous
desolate
fainthearted
mistrustful
phobic
appalled
broken-hearted
tremulous
overcome
sorrowing
beleaguered
raving
despairing
cowering
overwhelmed
sissy
afeared
cross
crazed
frit
paranoid
frightened to death
waiting for the axe to fall
in a funk
wimpy
pessimistic
demoralized
US
swivel-eyed
brokenhearted
in a blue funk
waiting with bated breath
worked-up
haunted
crazy
affected
in a lather
carried away
beside yourself
insane
exercised
in a frenzy
having cold feet
dubious
ripped
wrecked
shook
not confident
ratty
hag-ridden
agog
agonized
US
wary
despondent
depressed
narked
traumatized
US
basket case
guarded
sceptical
UK
dejected
gutless
furious
melancholy
wriggly
reserved
squirmy
panic-struck
panicked
mousey
wiggly
demoralised
UK
exasperated
hyperactive
careworn
wild
doleful
bitter
craven
doubting
skeptical
US
fearsome
shot down
traumatised
UK
modest
grieving
weeping
mournful
rueful
disoriented
recreant
fixated
frightened out of one's wits
perverse
ornery
tensed
scared out of one's wits
preoccupied
galled
pigeon-hearted
woeful
dolesome
cynical
unbalanced
teed off
hounded
spiritless
soft
wailing
aching
bewailing
bemoaning
suffering
funky
feart
abashed
berserk
wimpish
unheroic
yellow-bellied
tired
feeble
sheepish
lacking courage
chicken-hearted
discouraged
disheartened
chickenhearted
pigeonhearted
shaking like a leaf
consumed
wet
rabbity
stilted
poor-spirited
frenetic
oppressed
agonised
UK
stupefied
unyielding
weary
bedevilled
UK
submissive
stressed-out
unhinged
numb
unscrewed
deranged
demented
dazed
dumbfounded
out of your mind
in pain
racked with suffering
racked with pain
in pieces
violent
bedeviled
US
flipped out
out of one's mind
in awe
pushing the panic button
in doubt
in a pother
burdened
in a tiz-woz
scunnered
disorderly
dragged
inflamed
complaining
overemotional
disorientated
emotive
stirred up
flapping
petulant
unconsolable
histrionic
jerky
strung-up
worrying
blanched
bewildered
curt
emotionally charged
eagerly
compulsive
obsessive
hard-pressed
strange
lost
overstretched
discomforted
mistrusting
chary
hyperexcitable
avid
all agog
open-mouthed
prim
chafed
sorry
deploring
lamentable
plaintive
lugubrious
regretful
funeral
plangent
grumpy
ill-natured
falling apart
foreboding
unmanly
goose-bumpy
nerveless
quivery
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
butterflies
jellyfish
shamefaced
recalcitrant
restlessly moving
run scared
volatile
with bated breath
unhealthy
abnormal
biting one's nails
butterflies in stomach
circumspect
untrusting
painful
cranky
splenetic
grumbling
out of sorts
whining
crabby
wasted
hopped-up
blitzed
spaced
zonked-out
spaced-out
bombed
blasted
zonked
stoned
loaded
refractory
lacking in confidence
lacking assurance
pressurized
US
pressurised
UK
mannered
artificial
ill-at-ease
aw-shucks
obstinate
stubborn
maladjusted
tongue-tied
lacking social skills
tearing one's hair out
wiped out
tied up in knots
faultfinding
huffy
mean
snappish
contrary
caviling
US
carping
very scared
in fear and trepidation
numb with fear
abject
boneless
dastardly
tooshie
erratic
deviant
aberrant
disordered
biting nails
having butterflies
having a funny feeling
having stage fright
white-livered
poltroon
sookie
keyed-up
fired-up
stirred
unstrung
freaked-out
wound-up
hot-and-bothered
strung-out
worn
spent
apprehensive about
intimidated by
leery
paralysed
UK
speechless
paralyzed
US
raging
uncontrolled
alarmed at
in a fluster
cavilling
UK
unsure of yourself
out of countenance
champing at the bit
quiet
coy
unassuming
throwing a wobbly
easily upset
fiddle-footed
sissified
milk-livered
chicken-livered
caitiff
base
candy-assed
fierce
maniacal
rabid
ferocious
put upon
benumbed
transfixed
steamed up
out of control
berko
shattered
cowhearted
backward
worthless
possessed
wakeful
immobilized
US
immobilised
UK
shell-shocked
weird
spazzed out
last-minute
zonkers
corybantic
weirded out
freaked out
at your wits' end
wigged out
at wits' end
at one's wits' end
not knowing what to do with oneself
out of one's wit
hot under collar
all shook up
nonplussed
addled
nuts
gripped
at wit's end
under the cosh
up against it
indeterminate
unclear
equivocal
borderline
unknown
questionable
ambiguous
dubitable
chancy
inconclusive
humble
cringey
reticent
demure
insomniac
on guard
all wound up
visited by
preyed upon
heavyhearted
broken
cheerless
morose
hopeless
on the rack
dominated
controlled
no guts
having the willies
paper tiger
gentle
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
browbeaten
bereaved
down
heartsick
hurting
very upset
cursed
seized
unsleeping
awake
dogged
overpowered
surrounded
mourning
crushed
insomnolent
suicidal
devoured
held
bewitched
suspecting
alert
persecuted
taken over
under a spell
fiendish
in the grip of
like a chicken with its head cut off
flexed
tight
trustless
infuriated
incensed
enraged
irate
in a temper
forlorn
downcast
vigilant
clouded
possessive
quizzical
hard
without sleep
wide-awake
attentive
wide awake
gloomy
dismal
woebegone
aggrieved
fed up
hacked off
resigned
wondering
unbelieving
solid
firm
tightened
in despair
defeatist
heavy with grief
overcome with sorrow
melancholic
strabilious
bleak
sunk
no-win
long-suffering
jealous
cheesed off
shirty
peed off
brassed off
sore
ticked off
stretched
weighed down
can't win
close
snug
tightly drawn
inflexible
extended
in the pits
not a prayer
at end of one's rope
down in the dumps
in the soup
in the dumps
burning with excitement
indignant
steaming
crook
bent out of shape
boiling
ireful
snaky
having reservations
in question
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not complete or absolute
qualified
conditional
contingent
guarded
equivocal
limited
provisional
reserved
restricted
adapted
adjusted
bounded
circumscribed
modified
amended
cautious
moderated
hesitant
refined
tempered
confined
partial
provisory
lessened
reduced
relative
restrictive
inconclusive
uncertain
unconfirmed
with conditions
with conditions attached
with reservations
with strings attached
granted on certain terms
not absolute
iffy
codicillary
incidental
fortuitous
obscure
reliant
depending on
subject to
relying on
with grain of salt
dependent upon
dependent
subject
liable
depending
stipulatory
hypothetical
conditioned
chance
accidental
random
unforeseen
haphazard
unpredictable
unforeseeable
unexpected
possible
unpredicted
casual
unanticipated
unlooked-for
likely
probable
odd
probably
fluky
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking courage
timorous
cowering
fearful
quaking
self-effacing
shy
timid
trembling
weak-kneed
demure
easily frightened
lacking courage
modest
quiet
reserved
unassuming
apprehensive
bashful
chicken
coy
diffident
fainthearted
faint-hearted
fearsome
gutless
humble
meek
mousey
mousy
nervous
reticent
retiring
scary
shrinking
sissy
skittish
tremulous
trepidatious
unassertive
wimpish
yellow
yellow-bellied
afraid
cowardly
faint
frightened
hesitant
poor-spirited
recreant
scared
shuddering
spineless
spiritless
soft
weak
lily-livered
daunted
pusillanimous
craven
pigeon-hearted
jittery
irresolute
wimpy
wet
submissive
cowed
gentle
anxious
panicky
unheroic
cringey
pigeonhearted
capricious
browbeaten
dismayed
bullied
unassured
intimidated
Milquetoast
shaky
wavering
unnerved
vacillating
feeble
boneless
weak-willed
unmanly
jumpy
chicken-hearted
weakling
feart
nervy
half-hearted
chicken-livered
easily scared
having cold feet
candy-assed
spooked
funky
deferential
obsequious
servile
acquiescent
obedient
yielding
unobtrusive
subdued
obliging
lamblike
unresisting
tame
unprotesting
compliant
reverential
subservient
lowly
biddable
polite
docile
sheepish
resistless
supplicatory
mild
mim
self-conscious
unambitious
manageable
tractable
sycophantic
withdrawn
introverted
unconfident
backward
insecure
recessive
restrained
embarrassed
reluctant
unsure
inhibited
aw-shucks
unforthcoming
shamefaced
wary
introvert
prim
unpretentious
suspicious
abashed
constrained
uncomfortable
silent
chary
unsociable
reclusive
blushing
undemonstrative
prudish
strait-laced
inward-looking
ashamed
doubting
uncommunicative
unostentatious
old-maidish
plain
niminy-piminy
unpresuming
down-to-earth
inconspicuous
uptight
awkward
thoughtful
private
distrustful
uneasy
uncertain
secretive
cool
solitary
offish
standoffish
cold
retired
rabbity
media-shy
nongregarious
affected
ill at ease
terrified
passive
worried
alarmed
ineffectual
costive
simple
repressed
doubtful
frustrated
guarded
self-doubting
unaffected
natural
genuine
low-key
unaggressive
introspective
colourless
UK
indeterminate
pale
colorless
US
low-profile
unnoticeable
chagrined
mortified
tongue-tied
unpretending
artless
ordinary
ingenuous
dubious
blenching
flinching
unpoised
passionless
unresponsive
withdrawing
seclusive
secret
eremitic
fussy
indrawn
self-contained
hermitic
anchoritic
eremitical
hung up
contemplative
pensive
self-absorbed
self-interested
unaffable
unexpansive
keeping a low profile
pernickety
niggly
finicky
silly
rueful
bottled up
hangdog
foolish
contrite
penitent
chastened
remorseful
regretful
meditative
reflective
soft-spoken
cautious
collected
ruminative
close-mouthed
inner-directed
self-centred
UK
not forward
self-centered
US
repentant
guilty
overcautious
overparticular
unnatural
tense
edgy
taciturn
distant
strained
gauche
aloof
stiff
mannered
artificial
stilted
ill-at-ease
discomfited
old-womanish
remote
overmodest
verecund
recoiling
blushful
detached
out of countenance
decorous
socially inhibited
stand-offish
easily embarrassed
like a fish out of water
unsure of yourself
proper
prissy
unconcerned
aseptic
disinterested
incurious
retreated
recluse
uncurious
casual
uninterested
indifferent
uncompanionable
sober
respectable
seemly
ladylike
sedate
staid
decent
innocent
virginal
pure
chaste
maidenly
virtuous
priggish
kittenish
straight
puritanical
coquettish
goody-goody
starchy
square
close
earnest
serious
nice
solemn
prim and proper
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not perfected
unperfected
austere
crude
cursory
formless
hard
imperfect
preliminary
raw
rough-and-ready
roughhewn
rudimentary
shapeless
sketchy
spartan
uncompleted
uncut
undressed
unfashioned
unfinished
unformed
unhewn
unpolished
unprocessed
unrefined
unwrought
Adjective
▲
Uncertain
subject to change
uncertain
conditional
not carved in stone
not firmed up
proposed
Adjective
▲
Acting as a substitute or surrogate for another
substitute
replacement
acting
reserve
surrogate
temporary
alternative
proxy
backup
caretaker
deputy
interim
provisional
relief
standby
stopgap
locum
additional
alternate
ancillary
auxiliary
intervening
makeshift
provisionary
provisory
second
substitutive
supplemental
supplementary
extra
supernumerary
transitional
fill-in
stand-in
fall-back
pinch-hitting
short-term
ad interim
pro tem
second-string
pro tempore
temp
new
dummy
spare
improvised
rough-and-ready
quick-and-dirty
make-do
throwaway
slapdash
emergency
fallback
secondary
other
another
supply
supporting
back-up
assistant
complementary
subordinate
different
subsidiary
in reserve
possible
cover
changeover
adoptive
expediential
accessory
surplus
sub
foster
subservient
helping
representative
equivalent
double
impromptu
depute
redundant
holding
superfluous
unused
support
adjutant
delegated
rough and ready
leftover
free
fresh
understudy
optional
supererogatory
non-standard
in store
appurtenant
peripheral
accessorial
adjunct
junior
associate
abetting
adjuvant
contributory
lesser
lower
attendant
younger
minor
inferior
smaller
lowly
back up
youngest
under
less
lower-level
second-rate
low-ranking
second-class
low-grade
lower-ranking
second-fiddle
vice-
less important
sub-
more ❯
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▲
Performed or supplied at an initial stage
advance
preliminary
initial
explorative
exploratory
leading
pilot
trial
expeditionary
first
foremost
forward
inductive
initiatory
introductory
maiden
opening
precursory
prefatory
preparatory
test
vanguard
experimental
fact-finding
investigative
at the fore
in front
in the forefront
in the lead
sent ahead
sent on ahead
prior
preceding
prelusive
lead-in
prelim
prodromal
primary
beginning
early
precursive
preparative
front
head
preludial
prodromic
prelusory
fore
readying
elemental
preparing
elementary
basic
primal
fundamental
earliest
frontal
frontward
frontwards
anterior
facial
ventral
inaugural
original
foundational
embryonic
antecedent
inceptive
foundation
incipient
inchoate
nascent
starting
fledgling
young
infant
qualifying
commencing
premier
pioneer
probing
leadoff
virgin
prime
initiative
rudimentary
headmost
germinal
raw
premature
undeveloped
prolegomenous
primitive
old
brand-new
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