wavering

From waver + -ing.

wavering (comparative more wavering, superlative most wavering)

1. Fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady.
2. Being in doubt; indecisive.

   Antonym: unwavering

wavering (plural waverings)

1. gerund of waver: a state of fluctuation or indecision.

   the waverings of politicians, trying to please everybody

   • 1957 January, M. D. Greville, “Scottish Railways in 1857”, in Railway Magazine, page 51:

     The Bill for the Carlisle & Hawick Railway, an independent line, but intended to be worked and maintained by the Caledonian, failed, and the people of Hawick, after considerable wavering, decided to give their support to the North British Border Union line, which the Carlisle & Hawick scheme was, of course, intended to block.

wavering

1. present participle and gerund of waver