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uncommitted

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un⋅com⋅mit⋅ted

  [uhn-kuh-mit-id]
Use uncommitted in a Sentence
–adjective
not committed, esp. not pledged or bound to a specific cause, candidate, or course of action: uncommitted delegates; uncommitted reserves.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see un- 1 , committed

com⋅mit

  [kuh-mit] verb, -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting.
–verb (used with object)
1. to give in trust or charge; consign.
2. to consign for preservation: to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory.
3. to pledge (oneself) to a position on an issue or question; express (one's intention, feeling, etc.): Asked if he was a candidate, he refused to commit himself.
4. to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge: to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action.
5. to entrust, esp. for safekeeping; commend: to commit one's soul to God.
6. to do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error.
7. to consign to custody: to commit a delinquent to a reformatory.
8. to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority: He was committed on the certificate of two psychiatrists.
9. to deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.; relegate: to commit a manuscript to the flames.
10. to send into a battle: The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines.
11. Parliamentary Procedure. to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration.
–verb (used without object)
12. to pledge or engage oneself: an athlete who commits to the highest standards.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME committen (< AF committer) < L committere, equiv. to com- com- + mittere to send, give over

Related forms:
com⋅mit⋅ta⋅ble, adjective
com⋅mit⋅ter, noun

Synonyms:
6. carry out, effect, execute.
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un·com·mit·ted   (ŭn'kə-mĭt'ĭd)   
adj.  Not pledged to a specific cause or course of action: an uncommitted delegate.
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Word Origin & History

commit 
c.1390, from L. committere "to bring together," from com- "together" + mittere "to put, send" (see mission). Evolution into modern range of meanings is not entirely clear. Sense of "perpetrating" was ancient in L. Intransitive use (in place of commit oneself) first recorded 1982, probably influenced by existentialism use (1948) of commitment to translate Sartre's engagement "to emotionally and morally engage."

uncommitted 
c.1381, "not delegated," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of commit. Meaning "not pledged to any particular course or party" is attested from 1814.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: com·mit
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: com·mit·ted; com·mit·ting
transitive verb 1 a : to put into another's charge or trust : ENTRUST, CONSIGN <committed her children to her sister's care> b : to place in a prison or mental hospital esp. by judicial order committed to the Central Louisiana State Hospital —In the Matter of K.G., 531 So. Second 575 (1988)> —compare INSTITUTIONALIZE, INTERDICT c : to send (as a legislative bill) to a committee for consideration and report <commit the crime bill to the joint committee>
2 : to carry into action deliberately : PERPETRATE committed on the high seas —U.S. Constitution article I>
3 : OBLIGATE, BIND intransitive verb : to obligate or bind oneself commit to the irrevocable order>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: com·mit
Pronunciation: k&-'mit
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: com·mit·ted;com·mit·ting
: to place in a prison or mental institution committed by the court to a state hospital> —com·mit·ta·ble /-'mit-&-b&l/ adjective
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Medical Dictionary

commit com·mit (kə-mĭt')
v. com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting, com·mits
To place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility.

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