noncommittal

[ non-kuh-mit-l ]
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adjective
  1. not committing oneself, or not involving committal, to a particular view, course, or the like: The senator gave us a noncommittal answer.

Origin of noncommittal

1
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; non- + committal

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Other words from noncommittal

  • non·com·mit·tal·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for noncommittal

noncommittal

/ (ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtəl) /


adjective
  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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