tentativeness

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With both fighters unwilling to over-commit, Romero edged the rounds with better use of the jab, coupled with Garcia's tentativeness.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

I really do think it's more interesting at this stage because you really feel the fear and the tentativeness of the participants in a way that I don't think you'll feel later.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

Ultimately, she had to push any hesitance or tentativeness out of her mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

The cases on Friday were less significant than the others, and the tentativeness of the two rulings demonstrated the difficulty of applying old doctrines to new technology.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

As soon as Hume returned, the tentativeness, awkwardness, and uncertainty they had felt when Ulbrickson had taken him out evaporated.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown