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undecided

[uhn-di-sahy-did] Origin

un·de·cid·ed

[uhn-di-sahy-did]
adjective
1.
not decided or determined.
2.
not having one's mind firmly made up.
noun
3.
a person who is undecided: Are you still among the undecideds?

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Undecided is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
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.

Origin:
1530–40; un-1 + decided

un·de·cid·ed·ly, adverb
un·de·cid·ed·ness, noun


2. indecisive, fluctuating, wavering, vacillating; irresolute.

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undecided (ˌʌndɪˈsaɪdɪd)
 
adj
1.  not having made up one's mind
2.  (of an issue, problem, etc) not agreed or decided upon
 
unde'cidedly
 
adv
 
unde'cidedness
 
n

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undecided
1540, "not decided, unsettled," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of decide (v.).
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