Quandary
noun
A situation where it's hard to decide what to do.
She was in a quandary about whether to go to college or to start working right away.
Often appears as...
- in a quandary
- deep quandary
noun
A situation where it's hard to decide what to do.
She was in a quandary about whether to go to college or to start working right away.
Often appears as...
- in a quandary
- deep quandary
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Decision Difficulty
Quandary means being unable to choose because all options have downsides.
Faced with a choice between two bad offers, she found herself in a quandary.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Stress
Using 'quandary' often indicates stress or worry about making the wrong choice.
The unexpected job offer left him in a quandary, feeling both excited and anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Trivial
A quandary refers to tough situations, not simple or everyday decisions.
Choosing between saving the environment or the economy put the committee in a real quandary.
Pro Tip 1/3Decision Difficulty
Quandary means being unable to choose because all options have downsides.
Faced with a choice between two bad offers, she found herself in a quandary.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Stress
Using 'quandary' often indicates stress or worry about making the wrong choice.
The unexpected job offer left him in a quandary, feeling both excited and anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Trivial
A quandary refers to tough situations, not simple or everyday decisions.
Choosing between saving the environment or the economy put the committee in a real quandary.
Pro Tip 1/3Decision Difficulty
Quandary means being unable to choose because all options have downsides.
Faced with a choice between two bad offers, she found herself in a quandary.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Stress
Using 'quandary' often indicates stress or worry about making the wrong choice.
The unexpected job offer left him in a quandary, feeling both excited and anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Trivial
A quandary refers to tough situations, not simple or everyday decisions.
Choosing between saving the environment or the economy put the committee in a real quandary.
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How humans could evolve...
Using synthetic biology to change the genetic makeup of any living organisms, especially our own, is not without its moral and ethical quandaries. Will engineering ourselves make us less human? But then again, what is humanity but star stuff that happens to be conscious?
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Biofuels and bioprospecti...
on those limited supply fossil fuels and reduce the risk of climate change. Most biofuels today are made from corn grain that is fermented into ethanol. But we have a limited supply of this corn, so it's not a solution to the limited supply part of the quandary.
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Stonehenge Has a Traffic...
are very respectful of the land that they were on the campers have been camped out for months waiting because the tunnel plan started they wanted to be there to stop it before it was too late you know this is such like a weird quandary
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Quelea Mega-Flock Hunted...
important lesson they're in the quandary it's dangerous to drink but they won't survive the night without water this is where their collective
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How humans could evolve...
Using synthetic biology to change the genetic makeup of any living organisms, especially our own, is not without its moral and ethical quandaries. Will engineering ourselves make us less human? But then again, what is humanity but star stuff that happens to be conscious?
Video examples
Biofuels and bioprospecti...
on those limited supply fossil fuels and reduce the risk of climate change. Most biofuels today are made from corn grain that is fermented into ethanol. But we have a limited supply of this corn, so it's not a solution to the limited supply part of the quandary.
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Stonehenge Has a Traffic...
are very respectful of the land that they were on the campers have been camped out for months waiting because the tunnel plan started they wanted to be there to stop it before it was too late you know this is such like a weird quandary
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Quelea Mega-Flock Hunted...
important lesson they're in the quandary it's dangerous to drink but they won't survive the night without water this is where their collective
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Julien Baker
American Musician
One thing I'm super aware of in my music when I'm writing is: 'Am I overcomplicating this?' I'll write a song about some deep existential quandary and explore all these dumb thought waves, and then think 'Is it effective to say that? Or is it effective to say one simple thing that communicates the feeling better?
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Eavan Boland
Irish Poet
New voices in an old art - and women poets have been that for much more than a century - do not diminish the art through the category. They enrich it. They renew it with common quandaries of craft and innovation. The category simply allows the quandaries to be seen more clearly.
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Alexandra Adornetto
Australian Author
We teenage girls are faced with a quandary: we know what we want but are forced to wait for our male counterparts to grow up. We are ready for intense and meaningful relationships, but research indicates that males will not reach maturity until their mid-20s.
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Gertrude B. Elion
American Scientist
I was a child with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and remember enjoying all of my courses almost equally. When it came time at the end of my high school career to choose a major in which to specialize, I was in a quandary.
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Gerard Butler
Scottish Actor
Ever since I was a child, I have loved being the centre of attention, but similarly, I can't remember a time in my life that I haven't battled with all sorts of quandaries, fears and weaknesses.
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Alfred Bester
American Author
I'm not much interested in extrapolating science and technology; I merely use extrapolation as a means of putting people into new quandaries which produce colorful pressures and conflicts.
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Barbara Jordan
American Politician
We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
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Wentworth Miller
English Actor
You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people.
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Charlie Brooker
English Critic
The logical quandaries thrown up by well-meaning systems are clearly something that I find darkly amusing.
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Robert Sean Leonard
American Actor
Any time the character is in a moral quandary is interesting. That's been true from the Greeks on down.
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Julien Baker
American Musician
One thing I'm super aware of in my music when I'm writing is: 'Am I overcomplicating this?' I'll write a song about some deep existential quandary and explore all these dumb thought waves, and then think 'Is it effective to say that? Or is it effective to say one simple thing that communicates the feeling better?
Quote examples
Eavan Boland
Irish Poet
New voices in an old art - and women poets have been that for much more than a century - do not diminish the art through the category. They enrich it. They renew it with common quandaries of craft and innovation. The category simply allows the quandaries to be seen more clearly.
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Alexandra Adornetto
Australian Author
We teenage girls are faced with a quandary: we know what we want but are forced to wait for our male counterparts to grow up. We are ready for intense and meaningful relationships, but research indicates that males will not reach maturity until their mid-20s.
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Gertrude B. Elion
American Scientist
I was a child with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and remember enjoying all of my courses almost equally. When it came time at the end of my high school career to choose a major in which to specialize, I was in a quandary.
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Gerard Butler
Scottish Actor
Ever since I was a child, I have loved being the centre of attention, but similarly, I can't remember a time in my life that I haven't battled with all sorts of quandaries, fears and weaknesses.
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Alfred Bester
American Author
I'm not much interested in extrapolating science and technology; I merely use extrapolation as a means of putting people into new quandaries which produce colorful pressures and conflicts.
Quote examples
Barbara Jordan
American Politician
We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
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Wentworth Miller
English Actor
You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people.
Quote examples
Charlie Brooker
English Critic
The logical quandaries thrown up by well-meaning systems are clearly something that I find darkly amusing.
Quote examples
Robert Sean Leonard
American Actor
Any time the character is in a moral quandary is interesting. That's been true from the Greeks on down.
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