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indecisive
[ in-di-sahy-siv ]
adjective
Synonyms: hesitant, vacillating
- not decisive or conclusive:
a severe but indecisive battle.
- lacking definition; vague or indistinct:
the indecisive outline of the distant hills.
indecisive
/ ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪv /
adjective
- (of a person) vacillating; irresolute
- not decisive or conclusive
Derived Forms
- ˌindeˈcisively, adverb
- ˌindeˈcision, noun
Other Words From
- in·de·ci·sive·ly adverb
- in·de·ci·sive·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of indecisive1
Example Sentences
“We have a weak and indecisive president,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
A speedster on the ski slopes, the racetrack and the highway, he could be slow and indecisive as a translator and elsewhere.
“I used to always find myself on movies with these indecisive directors,” she says.
He tells Lloyd Grove why he's thinking about taking on Obama and his indecisive foreign policy.
Sounding indecisive, Whitman hemmed and hawed about the different kinds of negative ads.
Kent could have sworn that there was an appeal in her eyes, and he stood for a moment, indecisive, Jandron's stare upon him.
The morning after this indecisive battle the entire Russian army was far away.
An indecisive action took place, the two fleets passing each other on opposite tacks and exchanging broadsides.
The fight was indecisive, but he arrived first at the Cape and prevented the projected attack.
An indecisive action took place in which, owing to baffling calms, only the British van was engaged.
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