ambivalent
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The other students might not be as truculent as Elham, but they are just as ambivalent about the necessity of learning English.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
US President Donald Trump's position however appears more ambivalent.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Partly as a result of the moral quandaries, Mr. Solomon finishes his book far more ambivalent about colonizing Mars than he was at the outset.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
There was an ambivalent, if not stone cold, attitude towards the beefy Californian.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
He was vague and ambivalent on matters of policy.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing ambivalent
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Grade 11, List 1
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