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UNDECIDED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not yet having made a commitment
Example:
undecided voters
Classified under:
Similar:
uncommitted (not bound or pledged)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by indecision
Example:
too many voters still declare they are undecided
Synonyms:
on the fence; undecided
Classified under:
Similar:
indecisive (characterized by lack of decision and firmness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
Example:
our lawsuit is still undetermined
Synonyms:
open; undecided; undetermined; unresolved
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unsettled (still in doubt)
Context examples:
To this hour I am undecided whether it was upon the whole the wisest thing I could have done, or the most ridiculous.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"I can't, for I told Meg I wouldn't, because..." There Jo stopped, and looked undecided whether to tell or to laugh.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Perhaps just at present he may be undecided; the smallness of your fortune may make him hang back; his friends may all advise him against it.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
She took a step backward, and put out her hands in an undecided frightened way, as if to keep me off.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
On Monday morning the weather was in that undecided state which is more exasperating than a steady pour.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“I don't know,” I said, pretending to be undecided, “whether I shall take a shot or not.” “Birds is got wery shy, I'm told,” said William.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
That evening while Meg was writing to her father to report the traveler's safe arrival, Jo slipped upstairs into Beth's room, and finding her mother in her usual place, stood a minute twisting her fingers in her hair, with a worried gesture and an undecided look.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
It is owing to the difficulty of knowing whether they are likely to endure or have any real foundation, that my sister Clarissa and myself have been very undecided how to act, Mr. Copperfield, and Mr.— “Traddles,” said my friend, finding himself looked at.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Presently he strolled out of the promenade and stood a moment at the crossing, as if undecided whether to go and listen to the band in the Jardin Publique, or to wander along the beach toward Castle Hill.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
She had been undecided, on leaving Dover, whether or no to give the finishing touch to that renunciation of mankind in which she had been educated, by marrying a pilot; but she decided against that venture.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
