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indecisive - 3 dictionary results

in⋅de⋅ci⋅sive

  [in-di-sahy-siv]
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–adjective
1. characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
2. not decisive or conclusive: a severe but indecisive battle.
3. lacking definition; vague or indistinct: the indecisive outline of the distant hills.
Origin:
1720–30; in- 3 + decisive

Related forms:
in⋅de⋅ci⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
in⋅de⋅ci⋅sive⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. vacillating, hesitant, wavering.
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in·de·ci·sive   (ĭn'dĭ-sī'sĭv)   
adj.  
  1. Prone to or characterized by indecision; irresolute: an indecisive manager.
  2. Inconclusive: an indecisive contest; an indecisive battle.
  3. Not clearly defined; indefinite: indecisive boundaries running through mountainous terrain.
in'de·ci'sive·ly adv., in'de·ci'sive·ness n.
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Indecisive

In`de*ci"sive\, a. [Cf. F. ind['e]cisif.]

1. Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer.

The campaign had everywhere been indecisive. --Macaulay.

2. Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : indecisive
Spanish: indeciso,
German: nicht entscheidend,
Japanese: 決定的でない
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