No. 11,976 in French

tergiversations

Hesitations or evasions, often involving indecision or delay.

In a sentence

Les tergiversations du gouvernement ont retardé la mise en œuvre du projet.
The government's indecisions delayed the implementation of the project.
In this context, 'tergiversations' refers to hesitations or delays in decision-making by the government.
Il a perdu beaucoup de temps dans des tergiversations inutiles.
He wasted a lot of time in useless procrastinations.
Here, 'tergiversations' represents unnecessary time spent hesitating or overthinking.
Devant les questions pressantes, ses tergiversations ne sont pas passées inaperçues.
In the face of pressing questions, his evasions did not go unnoticed.
In this sentence, 'tergiversations' indicates evasive actions or avoiding giving a direct response.

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