nervousness

Smacks of nervousness (again) to me - nervousness when someone disagrees with your opinion or voices an opinion different from yours.

There's a whole nervousness about referring to anyone using race as a differentiator (lest you be considered racist?).

Behavioral interviewing techniques are supposed to be designed to induce stress well above and beyond nervousness when meeting someone new.

It may be a sign of nervousness, or simply of being an introvert (like myself).

I don't know if this is a sign of dim intelligence, or nervousness or not paying attention or what.

I foresee quite some nervousness for the future of Google because of the rise of ad/tracking blocking and privacy awareness.

I felt bad about my nervousness in interview situations too, so I started taking improv classes.

Personally, I think (or at least hope!) that I'm pretty good at differentiating between nervousness vs.

It helps counter any nervousness, restlessness, and jitteriness caused by caffeine.

Otherwise you will explode with non-nicotine-related episodes of anxiety or nervousness.

They understand awkwardness, nervousness and that it's easy to make stupid technical and social mistakes under pressure -- and they may even relate to it.

Helps me get rid of nervousness and focus on solving problems.

Once you get past the first few "nervousness" lessons they focus on how to convey meaning with speech.

It took me 10 years and speaking at about 100 conferences to get over the "nervousness" that came before I spoke.

Also, despite of being told "use whatever language you want", for some irrational reason I worried about correct syntax, which probably added up to my nervousness.

Though I agree with the reasons you surmise, I also think "so" is used by some people like chewing gum - as a somewhat meaningless habit that occupies the time or keeps nervousness at bay.

Nervousness is different than boredom, lack of desire, or lack of seeking it out.