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tentative (adjective, noun):
adjective
1: not fully worked out or developed
2: hesitant, uncertain
noun
: something that is uncertain or subject to change : something that is tentative
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Tentative is from the Latin tentare (“to attempt”), and its original meaning was “attempted, provisional, experimental.” It is easy to see how this emphasis on trial and error led to the word’s current sense “not fully worked out or developed” (as in “a tentative date,” “tentative plans,” “a tentative job offer”). The “hesitant, uncertain” sense that is also common nowadays (as in “a tentative knock on the door”) extends the idea of an unripe attempt to the uncertain emotional state of the person making the attempt.
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