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What is the adjective for hesitance?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb hesitate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

hesitant
  1. Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. doubtful, uncertain, undecided, unsure, wavering, irresolute, tentative, vacillating, indecisive, dubious, ambivalent, hesitating, dithering, iffy, sceptical, skeptical, doubting, cautious, oscillating, nervous, reluctant, unpredictable, shy, backward, unwilling, havering, cunctatory, afraid, averse, uneager, shilly-shallying, in doubt, in two minds, in a dilemma, in a quandary, blowing hot and cold, half-hearted, on the horns of a dilemma, hanging back, having misgivings, having qualms, humming and hawing, unsettled, unresolved, undetermined, mistrustful, faltering, uncommitted, distrustful, suspicious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Life is the only inspiration for Kundan Shah in an industry hesitant to accept his films.”
      “But there was one family member very hesitant in coming forward.”
      “Caldwell was hesitant to proceed due to mines in the water.”
hesitative
  1. Distinguished by hesitation; hesitating.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The Bulgarians' hesitative play and the strong Russian blocks quickly led to a 13-25 loss in the opening game.”
      “When Sri Rama went to meet Kaikayee, she was very hesitative to meet him, being ashamed of her deeds.”
      “Baker inquires into the meaning and purpose of common hesitative interjections in the speech of testees responding to word association tests.”
hesitational
  1. Relating to hesitation.
hesitatory
  1. hesitating
hesitated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of hesitate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wavered, vacillated, dithered, faltered, delayed, stalled, fluctuated, teetered, havered, staggered, paused, swithered, wobbled, oscillated, halted, scrupled, dawdled, equivocated, temporised, temporized, dallied, wabbled, lingered, waited, hedged, alternated, tergiversated, demurred, dillydallied, hovered, seesawed, pussyfooted, stumbled, deferred, deliberated, doubted, stopped, baulked, balked, boggled, floundered, debated, hung, hanged, mammered, pondered, weighed, shilly-shallied, dilly-dallied, hummed and hawed … more
hesitating
  1. present participle of hesitate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wavering, vacillating, dithering, faltering, delaying, stalling, fluctuating, teetering, havering, staggering, pausing, swithering, wobbling, oscillating, halting, scrupling, dawdling, equivocating, temporising, temporizing, dallying, wabbling, lingering, waiting, hedging, alternating, tergiversating, demurring, dillydallying, hovering, seesawing, pussyfooting, stumbling, deferring, deliberating, doubting, stopping, baulking, balking, boggling, floundering, debating, hanging, mammering, pondering, weighing, shilly-shallying, dilly-dallying, humming and hawing, hanging back … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She gave a hesitating answer, and then indicated that she was uncertain as to whether or not she wanted to be a member of the union.”
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