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misgiving

[mis-giv-ing] / mɪsˈgɪv ɪŋ /


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Despite their misgiving, both Lancaster and Wilson publicly urged their colleagues to ratify the tentative agreement, saying that rejecting it wouldn’t lead to better outcomes.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023

And it was my primary misgiving about the entire project, right?

From Salon • May 29, 2022

“This is exactly what they wanted, which is my biggest misgiving about leaving,” Ms. Levin said.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2017

A helicopter pilot worries whether his chopper is up to the chore of rescuing downed pilots; "beneath the bravado, he had misgiving about the primitive machine he was tasked to fly."

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2015

Watching Prudence scurry off toward home, Kit had a moment’s misgiving.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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