noncommittal.
Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From non- + committal.
Failure to commit to a decision or course of action.
A voter etc. who has not yet committed to a decision.
Where this word comes from
From non- + committal.
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