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What is the adjective for dithering?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dither which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dithery
  1. unable to think straight
  2. constantly moving about
  3. Synonyms:
      4. anxious, worried, tense, nervous, troubled, uneasy, edgy, jittery, uptight, jumpy, nervy, upset, perturbed, antsy, aflutter, insecure, unquiet, queazy, agitated, queasy, hinky, atwitter, goosey, bothered, flustered, uncertain, hesitant, unsure, irresolute, indecisive, tentative, dithering, vacillating, wavering, swithering, ill at ease, hung up, on edge, het up, keyed up, on tenterhooks, on pins and needles, in a flap, all of a dither, apprehensive, fidgety, twitchy, disturbed, restless, unsettled … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “I've never understood how anyone could be so dithery as to have no idea who to vote for.”
      “Things liven up, too, when Mr G appears, shaky and dithery in his stained white suit, having problems with his colostomy bag.”
      “And someone has obviously told Bertie to be more decisive, because he isn't nearly as dithery as he was before.”
dithered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dither
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hesitated, wavered, vacillated, faltered, fluctuated, scrupled, havered, swithered, staggered, teetered, halted, temporised, temporized, dawdled, wabbled, delayed, stalled, wobbled, procrastinated, balanced, oscillated, dallied, shilly-shallied, dilly-dallied, hummed and hawed, hung back, blew hot and cold, blown hot and cold, pussyfooted around, sat on the fence, wasted time, faffed about, equivocated, hemmed and hawed, paused, hedged, seesawed, yo-yoed, thought twice, chopped and changed, hovered, flip-flopped, run hot and cold, demurred, doubted, alternated, held back, changed, changed mind, kept changing your mind … more
dithering
  1. present participle of dither
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hesitating, wavering, vacillating, faltering, fluctuating, scrupling, havering, swithering, staggering, teetering, halting, temporising, temporizing, dawdling, wabbling, delaying, stalling, wobbling, procrastinating, balancing, oscillating, dallying, shilly-shallying, dilly-dallying, humming and hawing, hanging back, blowing hot and cold, pussyfooting around, sitting on the fence, wasting time, faffing about, equivocating, hemming and hawing, pausing, lingering, tarrying, hedging, seesawing, yo-yoing, thinking twice, holding back, chopping and changing, hovering, flip-flopping, running hot and cold, demurring, dillydallying, doubting, lagging, alternating … more
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