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noncommittal
[
non-k
uh
-
mit
-l
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non·com·mit·tal
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ˌnɒn
kəˈmɪt
l
/
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[
non-k
uh
-
mit
-l
]
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adjective
not committing oneself, or not involving
committal
,
to a particular view, course, or the like:
The senator gave us a noncommittal answer.
Origin:
1820–30,
Americanism
;
non-
+
committal
Related forms
non·com·mit·tal·ly,
adverb
Synonyms
indefinite, vague, equivocal, evasive, guarded.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Example Sentences
It ranged from unalloyed joy to cautious, almost
noncommittal
comment.
She tries to swallow her frustration when her grown children remain
noncommittal
about coming home for holidays.
See, up until last night, my feelings towards football were rather
noncommittal
.
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It ranged from unalloyed joy to cautious, almost
noncommittal
comment.
She tries to swallow her frustration when her grown children remain
noncommittal
about coming home for holidays.
See, up until last night, my feelings towards football were rather
noncommittal
.
And when the lyrics aren't oblique, they are coated with slippery,
noncommittal
irony.
But unlike their social realism, his expression is gentlemanly and
noncommittal
.
Representatives of political action committees have by and large remained
noncommittal
.
But the organ would probably cost several million dollars to rehabilitate, and the university has remained
noncommittal
.
Repeated requests for an interview were met with a
noncommittal
response.
The local weather forecaster was
noncommittal
on the question of temperature last night.
They were trained to set aside their feelings, groomed to spout clipped,
noncommittal
responses in public.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
noncommittal
(ˌnɒnkəˈmɪt
ə
l)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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