vacillatory

 [vas-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]  

vac·il·la·to·ry

   [vas-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
marked by or displaying vacillation: a vacillatory policy of action.
Origin:
1725–35; vacillate + -ory1
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Vacillatory has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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