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Noncommittal

//ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.

    "The Major's face was noncommittal."

Adjective
  1. 1
    refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Failure to commit to a decision or course of action. countable, uncountable

    "As a result of cowardly noncommittals during the immediate postelection period, there was so much strain on several black-white Democratic relationships that they approached open ruptures."

  2. 2
    A voter etc. who has not yet committed to a decision. countable, uncountable

    "Where they occur, in the Liberal increases in Quebec and Ontario for instance, they are offset by declines in the number of undecideds or noncommittals."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From non- + committal.

Etymology 2

From non- + committal.

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