| fluctuation(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty) | |
| fractiousness | |
| fumbling(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty) | |
| gorge(noun, dislike, unpleasant, disgusting, antipathy) | |
| grudging consent | |
| grudgingness | |
| hardheadedness(noun, determination, purpose, obstinacy, stubbornness) | |
| hateable(noun, dislike, unpleasant, disgusting, antipathy) | |
| hemming and hawing(noun, expression, idiom, delay, weakness) | |
| idleness | |
| illness(noun, sickness) | |
| impedance | |
| incertitude(noun, difficulty, anxiety, confusion, doubt) | |
| incredulity(noun, difficulty, anxiety, confusion, doubt) | |
| indecision(noun, delay, difficulty, anxiety, weakness) | |
| indecisiveness(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty) | |
| indolence | |
| inductive reactance | |
| inertia | |
| inertness |
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