suspensive
sus·pen·sive
adjective
1.
(of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
2.
undecided or characterized by indecisiveness
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin suspēnsīvus. First attested in 1557. By surface analysis, suspense + -ive.
Phrases
- suspensive condition
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