timidity

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Even in the face of Hollywood’s timidity, some American independent animators have managed to push their offbeat visions through as features made with limited resources.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

That linguistic timidity —our inability to name what’s happening — is itself a form of complicity, and the result of a combination of fear and fecklessness.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

But this is not the time for judicial timidity.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

Fear, panic and timidity rule the day, as they generally do.

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

Flora Baumbach lost her timidity; the judge let her chat away.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin