in·de·ci·sive

[in-di-sahy-siv]
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

in·de·ci·sive·ly, adverb
in·de·ci·sive·ness, noun


1. vacillating, hesitant, wavering.
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indecisive (ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪv) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  (of a person) vacillating; irresolute
2.  not decisive or conclusive
 
inde'cision
 
n
 
inde'cisiveness
 
n
 
inde'cisively
 
adv

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Indecisive is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Word Origin & History

indecisive
1726, from in- (1) + decisive.
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Example sentences
But that indecisive result has helped the centrifugal cause.
Incredible scholars and indecisive teens choose them.
Marketing research shows that when faced with many choices, people can become
  frustrated or indecisive.
He is dangerously workaholic, sometimes indecisive, and he struggles to
  delegate.
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