misgiving

noun mis·giv·ing \ -ˈgi-viŋ \

|Updated on: 10 Aug 2018

Examples: misgiving in a Sentence

Definition of misgiving

: a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event

Many people have expressed misgivings about his ability to do the job.

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Examples of misgiving in a Sentence

I felt some misgiving about his ability to do the job.
They regarded the plan with misgiving.

Recent Examples of misgiving from the Web

Goldman cautions that Justice Leondra Kruger expressed misgivings with Section 230 immunity.

— michael hiltzik, latimes.com, "Yelp may have just saved the internet — but the court ruling in its favor is a dangerous muddle," 3 July 2018
Several council members expressed misgivings about the legislation Tuesday before voting for it.

— perry stein, Washington Post, "D.C. passes emergency law to allow chronically absent students to graduate," 6 June 2018
The committee's action reflects the council's misgivings about a 2004 agreement with Cordish that provides a rich package of subsidies for apartment high-rises, starting with the successful One Light and Two Light.

— bill turque, kansascity, "KC Council committee pushes Power & Light developer for more affordable housing | The Kansas City Star," 5 Mar. 2018
The prime-time announcement required Mr. Trump to set aside misgivings about Judge Kavanaugh’s ties to the George W. Bush administration that Mr. Trump has frequently criticized, according to people familiar with the process.

— brent kendall, WSJ, "President Trump Chooses Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Vacancy," 10 July 2018
The film follows the genesis of this project and Reynolds’s conflicted conversion from devout Mormon with misgivings about the church’s LGBTQ policies to an activist committed to changing the church from within.

— peter keough, BostonGlobe.com, "In Focus: ‘Believer’ aims to convert the faithful," 21 June 2018
Despite people’s misgivings about the provisional ballot process, the County Clerk has tried to put people’s minds at east by reiterating that, on average, 85 to 90 percent of provisional ballots are deemed valid and are counted.

— gwynedd stuart, Los Angeles Magazine, "A “Printing Error” Made Election Day a Pain for Lots of L.A. Voters," 6 June 2018
The capriciousness of Mr Trump’s approach and the uncertainty surrounding his strategy, if indeed there is one, risk giving Mr Kim a moral advantage in the eyes of officials in South Korea and China, where misgivings about Mr Trump run high.

— The Economist, "Detente between America and North Korea seems back on track," 31 May 2018
But despite any confusion or misgivings, my guests followed instructions well.

— mariah smith, The Cut, "My Sponsored Birthday Party Made Me Rethink My Dream of Being an Influencer," 10 May 2018

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