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noncommittal - 3 dictionary results

non⋅com⋅mit⋅tal

  [non-kuh-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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non·com·mit·tal   (nŏn'kə-mĭt'l)   
adj.  Refusing commitment to a particular opinion or course of action; not revealing what one feels or thinks: "His face was the color of a freshly baked pork pie and as noncommittal" (Thomas Pynchon).
non'com·mit'tal·ly adv.
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Noncommittal

Non`com*mit"tal\, n. A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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