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tentativeness
noun
(ten-ta-tive-ness)
the quality or state of being tentative or hesitant : hesitancy, uncertainty
tentativeness
adjective
(ten-ta-tive-ness)
not fully worked out or developed
tentativeness
adjective
(ten-ta-tive-ness)
hesitant, uncertain
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