hesitatory

Meanings

• Showing reluctance or uncertainty; hesitating.

  - "He was hesitatory about making a decision."
  - "She displayed hesitatory behavior during the interview."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with hesitatory
hesitance , resistance , compulsance , obligance , insistance , persistance , contumacy , obduracy , obstinacy , stubbornness , tenacity , perseverance , determination , grit

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Homophones

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1. Hesitatory (en) :
   

2. Hesitator (en) :
   

3. Hesitation (en) :
   

4. Hesitant (en) :
   

5. Hesitatively (en) :
   

6. Hesitance (en) :
   

7. Hesitatorily (en) :
   

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Variants

List of all variants of hesitatory that leads to same result
excitatory

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Forms

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{"term"=>"hesitant", "description"=>"An adjective used to describe a person or thing that is reluctant or unwilling to do something.", "lang"=>"en"}

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Etymology

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From Old French hesiter, meaning 'to delay, to hesitate, to waver', from hes, meaning 'slow, delayed'. The modern English term hesitatory carries the same meaning as the Old French term.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'hesitatory' is not commonly used in everyday language. It is more commonly used in technical or scientific contexts.

2. The word 'hesitant' comes from the Latin word 'hesitari', which means 'to delay' or 'to hesitate'.

3. The term 'hesitatory' is often used in the context of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. These algorithms are designed to learn from data and make decisions based on that data. However, these algorithms can sometimes be hesitant or uncertain when making decisions, especially in complex or ambiguous situations. In such cases, the term 'hesitatory' is often used to describe the behavior of these algorithms.

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Related Concepts

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1. uncertainty: A state of feeling unsure or doubtful about something.

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