Dithering in Iraq--one day exhibiting firmness, the next Jimmy Carter-like indecisiveness--has eroded our credibility.
After all, it has the connotation of weakness, indecisiveness, and incompetence, thanks in large part to societal taboos.
In other respects the first 100 days of his coalition's rule have been marked by drift, squabbling and indecisiveness.
Yet the government's indecisiveness does suggest a jockeying for power among establishment heavyweights.
Can Sunday's major reshuffle revive the fortunes of the Congress-ruled government, hobbled by allegations of corruption, indecisiveness and inaction?
Obama has yet to respond to McChrystal's report, prompting opponents to accuse him of indecisiveness and playing politics that put U.S. troops at risk.
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All these mistakes can be summed up in one word: indecisiveness.
Naturally, it has resurrected the old potato of his alleged indecisiveness.
The report also criticised the "apparent indecisiveness" shown by the agencies when three weeks elapsed between the first 2011 alert on 11 January and the second on 4 February.
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For a president whose popularity was waning, so often criticised for his indecisiveness, the intervention in Mali has been a welcome success, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris.
Unfortunately, the indecisiveness of those charged with bringing some kind of stability into the picture continues, leaving uncertainty as the likely ongoing diet of consumers, businesses, and investors for a while yet.
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Appointment of close Santos confidante, Roberto Prieto, is exemplary of sweeping efforts to rectify much of the disorganization and indecisiveness the campaign witnessed earlier, with ineffective staff replaced and campaign themes revised.
The Ministry of Education, after years of indecisiveness over how to manage the rapid growth of hybrid state-private facilities, is now trying to draw a clearer distinction between them and their parent bodies.
Colleagues have been quoted in the Japanese media as saying his biggest weakness is "indecisiveness", and he was mocked last month for sobbing in parliament while being questioned about the confusion over restarting nuclear reactors idled after the Fukushima disaster.
Platt must have still been day-dreaming about his try a few minutes later though as Cooper Vuna took advantage of the full-back's indecisiveness to get his fingertips to a bouncing ball before a late penalty from Joel Taufa'ao gave Tonga a narrow advantage going into half-time.
For one, say analysts, it shows that when your party-led federal government is battered by allegations of corruption, indecisiveness, and stasis, unleashing a relatively young and sophisticated scion of the country's most famous dynasty on the campaign no longer guarantees votes in today's restless and aspirational India.
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