"double-minded" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more double-minded [comparative], most double-minded [superlative]
Etymology: From double + mind + -ed. Etymology templates: {{af|en|double|mind|-ed}} double + mind + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} double-minded (comparative more double-minded, superlative most double-minded)
  1. Of two minds; indecisive, vacillating, or ambivalent. Synonyms: twi-minded Derived forms: double-mindedly, double-mindedness Translations (indecisive, vacillating, or ambivalent): нерешителен (nerešitelen) (Bulgarian), колеблив (kolebliv) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-double-minded-en-adj--Gf5Vtfg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed

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