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- noun Plural form of
misgiving .Doubt ;hesitation ;reluctance ;worry ;concern .
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Examples
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But many administration officials had harbored serious misgivings from the outset, and many more grew to share them as the year went by.
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But many administration officials had harbored serious misgivings from the outset, and many more grew to share them as the year went by.
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But many administration officials had harbored serious misgivings from the outset, and many more grew to share them as the year went by.
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Professor Clark, who was received with loud applause, said: In these days one accepts with certain misgivings an invitation to speak on current business conditions-lest one add unduly to the prevailing atmosphere of gloom.
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My only short-term misgivings are the continued stress in residential and commercial real estate lending markets.
The Aleph Blog 2009
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My only short-term misgivings are the continued stress in residential and commercial real estate lending markets.
The Aleph Blog 2009
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He recalled the misgivings uttered by Holmes, that wealth thus gained would bring them no good, for the curse of blood that lay upon it.
The Sign of the Spider Bertram Mitford 1884
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Poor child! her misgivings were the overflowings of
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Signor Ancelotti, even the most suspicious amongst us have had to admit our misgivings were a mistake.
Chelsea Blog 2010
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In a letter to Tony Blair in June 2003, three months after the invasion, Keeble set out what she called her "misgivings" about DfID's performance in dealing with the humanitarian consequences of the military operation.
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