Sekirov Dictionary

noncommittal

UK /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/US /ˌnɑnkəˈmɪtl̩/

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 3

noun2

•
Failure to commit to a decision or course of action.
- As a result of cowardly noncommittals during the immediate postelection period, there was so much strain on several black-white Democratic relationships that they approached open ruptures. — 1997
•
A voter etc. who has not yet committed to a decision.
- Where they occur, in the Liberal increases in Quebec and Ontario for instance, they are offset by declines in the number of undecideds or noncommittals. — 1981

adjective1

•
Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
- The Major's face was noncommittal.
- The noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording.

forms

noncommittals · more noncommittal · most noncommittal

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