non-committal
kəˈmɪt adjective
not committing oneself, or not involving committal, to a particular view, course, or the like: The senator gave us a noncommittal answer.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | not involving or revealing commitment to any particular opinion or course of action: a noncommittal reply |
| 2. | rare having no outstanding quality, meaning, etc |
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Non-committal
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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non-committal
1829, "characterized by refusal to commit oneself," from non- + committal.
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